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Lasting City: The Anatomy of Nostalgia Architects Fanlee and Spatzle is a"The blood red of Manhattan, the brilliant green of an Irish American wake, the blue rinsed divas of the opera and the bathhouse alike" (Michael Gorra) are hypnotically rendered in this "astoundingly smart book" (John Waters). With some of the most lyrical cadences in recent literature, the legendary James McCourt animates twentieth century New York through a "kaleidoscope of sharp edged, brilliantly colored memories" (J. D. McClatchy) and with