Friend of the UC and talented novelist Jon Michaud penned an outstanding piece in The New Yorker on the closure of Uptown institution Coogan’s due to the covid-19 pandemic. The piece will quite literally break your heart. Coogan’s is such an important part of this neighborhood and has survived the crack era, riots, recessions, gentrification and September 11th, its closure hits particularly hard. Please read it ASAP and then check out this excerpt from Jon Michaud’s first novel When Tito Loved Clara.
Read more: A Washington Heights Bar Closes Down, with Echoes for All Small Businesses | The New Yorker
Related:
EXCERPT: WHEN TITO LOVED CLARA
CLOSING TIME AT COOGAN’S | MANHATTAN TIMES
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