NY Times on Rutland Road's Book Club
The Times has been showing the love for PLG lately: today we've got the second feel-good article on our neighborhood in a week. "The Rutland Road Readers" focuses on a group of women, all on the same block, who formed a book club.
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Among the 16 women members are a special education teacher, an administrator for visiting nurse services, a television producer, a costume designer, a lawyer, stay-at-home moms, widows, newlyweds and grandmothers. At 63, Sheryl Foster is the oldest member; she has lived on the block since 1984. Emma Straub, 30, is the youngest.
“When I describe the book club to other people, they look at me like I’m from Mars,” said Ms. Straub, a writer. “I grew up on the Upper West Side and didn’t know more than a handful of people. After a month on the block, I know everybody.”
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Why can't these reporters get their facts right? The article states "Lefferts Gardens was originally founded in 1660 by a Dutch family, who, when giving the land to the city, demanded zoning for single-family occupancy." It would have been more accurate to say, "The farm owned by the Lefferts family since 1660, became "Lefferts Manor" when they gave it to the city, demanding zoning for single family occupancy. A slightly larger area surrounding The Manor became the Historic District Prospect-Lefferts Gardens in 1979.
Posted by: Ainslie | July 27, 2010 at 12:36 PM
Yes, it does make it sound like they were quite prescient in demanding single-family occupancy more than a century before the Declaration of Independence.
Perhaps the Dutch are just very long term planners. ;)
Posted by: Seth | July 28, 2010 at 12:30 AM