stovak:
my friend jeff gave me a ride to the airport
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i'm leaving on a jet plan....
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Getting ready to land!
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i took the LIRR into town
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LIRR
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LIRR
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And got off the a-train a block or so from the APOLLO!!!
stovak:
whatever your impressions of harlem, forget them
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Harlem streets are hit and miss
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The one the flophouse is on has been mostly remodeled
stovak:
I'm staying at the Harlem Flophouse.
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The rooms at the Harlem Flophouse are HUGE and very clean.
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Harlem Flophouse: Cozy Cole
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Harlem Flophouse: Cozy Cole
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Harlem Flophouse: Cozy Cole
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Harlem Flophouse: Cozy Cole
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Everywhere you go in the major subway stations, there are people playing music
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There's something about this city that literally surrounds you with personal expression
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The music echos against the steel walls of the stations.
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subway stations are so kewl
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All of the concrete and steel forged several generations back
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The cars themselves are "Heavy rail" so are loud and the brakes squell as they come into the station
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zoomed back to midtown on the a-train
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And we walked to Times Square
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It's every bit as magic as it appears on TV
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The activity and the crush of people
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and the omni-present advertising
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Grand central station is a few blocks east of Times Square
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my new friend... alfonso
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me at GCS
