Elizabeth Logan Harris recalls an incident in ’70s-era Radio City Music Hall when unwanted attention to her teenage body put her in league with her father.
Times Square
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Elegy in Times Square
A personal essay in which Lily Burana, a former teenage peep show girl, looks back on a queer love story that began in New York’s notorious red-light district.
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Elegy in Times Square
A former teenage peep show girl looks back on a queer love story that began in New York’s notorious red-light district.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
Elegy in Times Square
A former teenage peep show girl looks back on a queer love story that began in New York’s notorious red-light district.
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New York’s Times Square as a Mirror of the City Itself
Throughout New York’s history, Times Square has served as a bellwether of the city’s current mood — as well as the perceptions of the city, both for those who live here and those who don’t. Once, Times Square was a high temple of glamour, the glowing heart of a go-go metropolis. Then it, like the […]
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How Many People Does It Take To Power Times Square?
Times Square is one big, busy machine. Powered by American ingenuity and more than a few megawatts of electricity, these six square blocks stay bright 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You’ve seen Times Square in movies and on TV a million times. A lot of you have probably seen it in real life, teeming […]