A life:
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The strike of 1970 was not a long one. The New York Post had only recently moved from West Street to the World Telegram Building on South Street. 

For an article on the Jewish Child Care Assoc. of NY, foster parents brought  photos and shared stories, such as one about the youngster who brought home some eggs that hatched into 14 snakes. My expression? Typical; I love doing this kind of story.  Those glasses and hair? That would be the 1970's. 
  Photo by Hazel Stein

Keeping advertisers happy was major.  In Macy's basement, you see the usual tableau:  public relations girl, department buyer holding whisk, and Robert Carrier talking about his cookware, including how he likes his pot holders: "with a bit of magnet attached, so when I throw it at the 'fridge, it will stick."

New York Post photo by Richard Gummere     

A main perk of the gig were opportunities to interview architects, designers, museum curators, and artists, such as Isamu Noguchi.  The sculptor was at Bloomingdale's to talk about his paper lantern collection.  "The fragility of things makes them beautiful," he said.  "A pretty face is like the cherry blossoms - gone tomorrow.  Even stone returns to earth." 
New York Post photo by Arthur Pomerantz

In the early 1980's,
the newsroom at the
Amsterdam News was on the 4th floor of a walkup.


 

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