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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 11:41:07 -0500

That evening, we were down in the Union Square-Gramercy Park district to see a play at Saint George's Episcopal Church. J.P. Morgan was senior warden and the church's most influential parishioner. He led and paid for a successful outreach program to the neighborhood's newly-arrived poor immigrants, who replaced the wealthy parishioners who had moved uptown. The place is an atmospheric old pile; a trip down to the bathroom means wandering through spooky catacombs. The play, Tuesdays with Morrie, was one of my most moving theater experiences.