Off-Track Betting Parlors: Mysterious masculine cadres of the old, exuberant and peculiar. Or are they? Crack the code, feel the triumph, bet on horses with grammatically incorrect French names. Let Michael Massman show you the way.
   
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Sure, he's a controversial figure, but ain't you glad we got fast-moving roadways, tunnels and heaps of stark, unvarying violence-inciting public housing? Michael Massman chronicles the mind (or maybe just the history) of the 20th century Machiavelli.
   
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6/8/2006 Bookstores, West Village — The Biography Bookshop is neither The Strand nor Barnes & Noble but don’t let the name fool you into...

6/8/2006 Nightlife, Brooklyn Heights / DUMBO / Downtown — The Water Street Bar & Restaurant is a mellow and sophisticated place to pass an hour or two of down...

4/20/2006 Restaurants, West Village — A small restaurant hidden on Bedford Street in the West Village, Moustache offers tasty Middle Easte...

4/20/2006 Restaurants, West Village — If you are looking for a barthat is not too overrun withaggressive jocks to watcha game, then the Ri...

2/9/2006 Theaters-Performing Arts Centers, Washington Square / NYU / NoHo / SoHo — C.Commute, a play presented by The Narcissists, examines the inner lives of New York City’s twentyso...