{"id":775,"date":"2015-06-20T17:10:41","date_gmt":"2015-06-20T21:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=775"},"modified":"2015-06-20T17:10:41","modified_gmt":"2015-06-20T21:10:41","slug":"new-york-city-blog-june-14-june-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=775","title":{"rendered":"New York City Blog June 14 \u2014 June 21"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At the beginning of the week we went to Locanda Verde to celebrate a birthday and had a sinfully delicious ice cream dessert, Fantasia di Cassata for Two. Ricotta gelato is one of the ingredients. The restaurant\u2019s ricotta whether eaten as an appetizer or in dessert is wonderful. Steve Kulchek has promised to bring his daughter, Jessie, here when she returns from her junior year abroad in Sicily.<\/p>\n

On June 18 the GVSHP (The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation} dedicated a plaque to Martha Graham at the site of her studio, 66 Fifth Avenue. The elderly, great and good of the dance world stood in the impending rain. Finally, the plaque was unveiled. While Graham danced on video like a five year old at her birthday party, Stuart Hodes told charming stories about being a member of the Graham company from 1947 to 1958. The owner of Two Boots provided pizza al fresco on the chilly June evening.
\nStuart Hodes, his wife, Liz, a former Graham dancer, Stuart\u2019s late brother, Al Gescheidt,<\/p>\n

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Stuart Hodes at 66 Fifth Avenue, site of Martha Graham’s studio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

and I all lived on Lexington Avenue and 31 Street in a run down apartment house. We had great parties, several drug raids and occasionally, a neighborhood prostitute sleeping under the stairs. Al was a photographer who turned his apartment into a dark room and specialized in trick photography.<\/p>\n

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Al Gescheidt’s take on the Mona Lisa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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