Growing up on the edge of America’s largest metropolis.
A view of residential and commercial buildings along 112th Street in the Corona neighborhood, Queens, New York, New York, in July 1963. (Photo by Walter Leporati/Getty Images)
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I am a child of the great metropolis: I was born in New York City. However—and this is crucial—I came into the world on its periphery.
