The wondrous watertiger has a photo of the line leading up to our polling place. Separately, she and I pulled the lever for an African-American in an antiquated voting booth at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center on 13th Street. That is where we actually voted. This country has come along way - as a kid, I carried protest signs when my mother took me to demonstrate against the Rialto Movie Theater's policy not to admit "negroes."
The white building in watertiger's photo is not the Center. It is the O'Toole building, and it's about to be torn down and replaced by a thirty story tower. This, and another huge tower to be built a block south, will be as knives in the heart of the Landmarked Greenwich Village Historic District. Sometime Progress Sucks. Good-Bye Village, Hello Condo Developers.
Amazing story about your mother and the protests. Love it. No line for me yesterday but constant honking for Barack. Reaffirms my belief in that America is a melting pot and can come together to do the right thing. So proud. Tear to my eye
Posted by: Foster | November 05, 2008 at 08:04 AM
You are so right to be so proud. And yes, like Barack Obama, my mother was a community organizer. Sometimes it was her kids, she organized...
Posted by: bbbustard | November 05, 2008 at 05:49 PM