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Monthly Archives: March 2012

Utopia & Alcohol

By Jeff Wilson | Published: March 27, 2012

  I’m sure that most people reading this blog feel as if they’re living in a utopia, but something happened recently that will make our world even better. For what seems like years (maybe it was just the anticipation) rumors have been circulating about a change at The Esquire Theatre on Ludlow Avenue that will [...]

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Sorry, Charlie

By admin | Published: March 25, 2012

After putting if off forever, the other day I finally starting counting up my coins and slipping them into the paper coin wrappers I grabbed at my friendly neighborhood bank. Counting the coins took some time, but no problem: in my mind it was like free money. When I arrived at the friendly neighborhood bank [...]

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Where to Be on April 28: The 5th Annual Annunciation Gaslight Gala

By admin | Published: March 22, 2012

Rarely in this blog do we announce events more than a month in advance, but there’s one event that readers need to mark on their calendars now. Located in the heart of the Gaslight District, Annunciation Church has been a centerpiece in Clifton since it was built in 1910. Right next to the church, at [...]

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An Art Show in Clifton

By admin | Published: March 21, 2012

Even if you’ve seen the signs out front, you may wonder what goes on at the downstairs space behind the canopy at Tudor Court Apartments near the corner of Ludlow and Middleton. When I lived in the Tudor Court the basement dwelling was a bar where grumpy old men complained about life and drank, not [...]

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Nelson Slater Pays a Visit

By admin | Published: March 20, 2012

  Nelson Slater Pays a Visit I had a nice visit today with Nelson Slater, who dropped by to trade two LPs of particular interest to me for a box of 45s of particular interest to him. If you don’t know Nelson, he’s a fellow Cliftonite who has done contract work for Gaslight Property. Nelson attended Syracuse [...]

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Willy and Haneef: Street Musicians Extraordinaire

By admin | Published: March 15, 2012

You may have caught wind of the fact that UC beat Syracuse in the Big East semifinal game; there may even be a reader or two who watched the game on TV. I caught bits and pieces toward the end, but it happened to be taking place during a phase of the day when cabin [...]

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The “Boss Cox Booksale” at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center

By admin | Published: March 15, 2012

Every day hundreds of people walk past this building, but few of them know its history. They don’t know who built it and they don’t know who lived there. That will change, though, now that the space is being converted to a library that will replace the charming but much smaller space on Ludlow Avenue. [...]

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