Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Starting Out
1. His Hacienda in the Sky
2. A Single Man Buys a Home for Someday
3. Very Bushwick and Very Fabulous
4. Southern Shimmer
Starting Over
5. The House of Open Arms
6. Her Cottage by the Sea
7. Here I Am. And Here We Are.
Living with Ghosts
8. The House That Saved His Life
9. And for Compensation, the View
10. The Domestication of a Dive
11. A Man and His Miscellany
12. A Beach Bungalow with a Magnetic Pull
13. The Almost Landless Gardener
14. Lair and Sanctuary in the South Bronx
Creative Types
15. The Traveling Circus Stops Here
16. For a Writer, a Home with a Hideout
17. Where Wit Pays the Rent
18. The Art of Sparkle
19. Her Second Home, the One without Wheels
20. Magic Moments
21. Caretakers of a Culture
22. Paradise Found
23. Trim Jim Creates a Masterpiece
Old Stomping Grounds
24. Ensconced in the Bronx
25. Over the Family Store, Staff Quarters
26. With Sky and the Weather for Neighbors
27. A Hand-Me-Down Home
28. The Leader of the Cheers
29. A Moment of Remarkable Optimism
30. Elastic Elegance
31. Elephants for Luck
32. A Young Life
33. The Rebel Girl of Borough Park
Palaces and Jewel Boxes
34. For a Family, Elaborate Elbow Room
35. Enter, Hammering
36. Pocket-Sized on West 47th Street
37. Ardent Admirer, Devoted Steward
Nesting
38. Kitten Heaven
39. With Family Built In
40. Threading the Needle on West 12th Street
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