I have always enjoyed the history of New York City; in particular that history which surrounds the Five Points in lower Manhattan. ... Foster (Sixth Ward Map)1 Walking Down Mulberry Street, which is the only street converging into the historic Five Points area that has kept its' original name,2 I am completely relaxed and in awe of its' simple beauty. ... As I am enjoying this beautiful spring day in 2014, it is very hard for me to imagine what life was like for the people who lived in this area in the 1800's. ... The area I am now standing in was known as the Sixth Ward in t...

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The Limelight is essentially a gutted out Gothic style church, and we used its architecture to our advantage, allowing the action to spill off the multi-leveled stage on which bands and DJ's normally performed, into, around, and above the enormous dance-floor upon which the audience was seated. Essentially, the nightclub itself stood in for the set, which was a choice I made at the same instant that I first entered the space, because it felt intrinsically right for the production. While I was not conscious of it at the time, I believe now that this choice worked well for the production i...

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Fine artists were regarded as mere skilled workers during the era of ancient Mediterranean civilizations, including those of later Greek, Roman and Byzantine culture, as well as medieval Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque and Gothic art. ...

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