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Hollingsworth

10-30-2009, 09:07 AM

This link is from the NY Times on-going feature "1 in 8 Million" which combines audio soundbites with b&w photography to tell unique NYC stories. This one is about a guy who lives aboard an old wooden sailboat in Manhattan.

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/1-in-8-million/index.html#patrick_harris

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rbgarr

10-30-2009, 10:32 AM

Ventura is a 1921 Herreshoff, too.

peter radclyffe

10-30-2009, 01:50 PM

what a lovely story about a pleasant man, keeping sane in a concrete jungle

Stu Fyfe

10-30-2009, 01:59 PM

Nice story. Does he allow Yankee Fans on board?

elf

10-30-2009, 02:13 PM

60 seconds sure ain't much. Why is the NYT so stingy?