How To Be Quiet in New York City

The churches of New York 'remain a special category of real estate', says Holland Cotter.

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December 27, 2009, 11:00 AM PST

Cotter writes, "What's constant is that churches remain a special category of real estate, set-aside zones dedicated to the proposition that all of us, praying types or not, need quiet places to be alone in public, places to think, feel and see things we may not think, feel and see elsewhere."

The article reflects on Cotter's own history in Manhattan's churches.

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