OUR TENEMENT ON 53RD STREET AND THIRD AVENUE IN NEW YORK CITY WAS AROUND THE COMER FROM THE ORIGINAL FAMOUS NIGHTCLUB OF THE 1950S. WHAT MADE IT SO SPECIAL WAS HOW A THIN CLOTHESLINE LINKED TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS. FROM MY DINING ROOM WINDOW ACROSS A JUNKYARD TO THE WALL OF THE E1 MOROCCO, THE LINE CONNECTED THE RICH AND FAMOUS TO US. WE LIVED IN THE SHADOW OF THE NIGHTLY HAPPENINGS.