Yes I know the tragedy killed people in Pennsylvania and Washington D.C. But then, there's New York. It's the capital of the world, in my opinion. My adopted home town-the city where I made friends I have to this day and where my daughter was born. So on this solemn weekend, I want to celebrate New York http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV02nP9PLnQ Okay, Frank was from Hoboken. I wasn't born in New York, either. Frank should have been born in the Gotham. He owned the town, as did Jules Munshin and the peerless Gene Kelly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7CIgWZTdgw And then there's Woody Allen. Lately he's de- camped away from the angst and chazerei to the beauty-and blah-of Europe. But remember this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o6QKpNK9Cc I went to NYU's business school (don't ask) three blocks from the Towers. What happened to the deli where we all got lunch, to the five newspaper stands on one corner? I will always love New York.
Christopher Purdy is Classical 101's early morning host, 7-10 a.m. weekdays. He is host and producer of Front Row Center – Classical 101’s weekly celebration of Opera and more – as well as Music in Mid-Ohio, Concerts at Ohio State, and the Columbus Symphony broadcast series. He is the regular pre-concert speaker for Columbus Symphony performances in the Ohio Theater.