SOCIAL DIARY — A bright sunny day brings good news helping Americans in these trying times; plus the way it looks on the street where I live; and a little history of a house in the neighborhood, plus the birth of a brilliant maestro; and a special viewing of the Paris Opera & Ballet’s performance of "Swan Lake" originally choreographed by Rudolf Nureyev.
HOUSE —Re-visiting the late John Foreman’s Big Old Houses. The John Henry Hammond Mansion on 9 East 91st Street, childhood home of the legendary man who ushered in American jazz music, now the consulate of the Russian Federation.
