Hey, whaddya know - it worked!

Let's try another:

This one shows another angle, and also answered a question that had nagged me for years - namely, why were there windows on the wall behind McCluskey? Answer: there was a gas station (now abandoned) to the left of the building, not another attached store. The windows have been mostly cemented over, but their outlines are more clearly visible in person than in the photo.

Note the support for the elevated train in the foreground.

Signor V.

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"For me, there's only my wife..."

"Sure I cook with wine - sometimes I even add it to the food!"

"When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?"

"It was a grass harp... And we listened."

"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? Every, every minute?"

"No. Saints and poets, maybe... they do some."