Exploring Runaway Retail Theft and the Closure of NYC Fulton Mall The retail landscape in major cities like New York City (NYC) is facing unprecedented challenges, with runaway retail theft emerging as a significant issue impacting businesses and communities. One notable example is the closure of NYC Fulton Mall, a historic shopping district that has … Read more
Close exposure to live music, attainable, touchable, reachable, createable by mere mortals (vs the infinitude of canned “perfection” in our pocket) — this is key. From the comments: “I wonder how many tiny people became musicians that day. All it took was hearing Beethoven on a CD in 1993 to send chills up my little … Read more
https://ilnk.org/2/3dvaj Comment — “When she is 90 she is gonna tell her grandkids, “when I was a kid you could get a whole orchestra to play Beethoven for a quarter.” “Ode to Joy” is a poem written by German poet Friedrich Schiller in 1785. It was later set to music by Ludwig van Beethoven … Read more