Phyllis Lavelle
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Dust Gathered Slowly Inside the Tailor’s Flat Above Kestrel Street
The apartment above Number 18 on Kestrel Street belonged to the Velasco family for almost forty years. Arturo Velasco worked…
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The Apartment Above the Butcher Shop Was Left Exactly as It Was in 2007
The apartment above Kadir’s Meat Market belonged to the Arslan family for more than thirty years. Yusuf Arslan worked long…
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People Still Remember the Smell of Bread Coming From Alder Row at 5 Every Morning
The narrow house on Alder Row belonged to the Benchek family for nearly fifty years. Marek Benchek worked as a…
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The House Behind the Old Cinema Stayed Furnished for Nearly Twenty Years
The house behind the Rialto Cinema belonged to the Saban family for almost four decades. Kemal Saban operated the projector…
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Rain Collected for Years Inside the Abandoned House Near the Tracks
The house beside the railway crossing belonged to the Ilyin family for most of the 1970s and 80s. Viktor Ilyin…
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The Slow Disappearance of Orchard View Apartment
The apartment on the sixth floor of Orchard View belonged to the Demir family for almost twenty-five years. Hasan Demir…
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Nobody Bought the House on Mariner’s Lane After the Winter Storms
The house on Mariner’s Lane belonged to the Duarte family for over forty years. Rui Duarte worked as a harbor…
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The Quiet Collapse of Linden Street House
The house on Linden Street belonged to the Kovacevic family for nearly thirty years. Nenad Kovacevic worked as a tram…
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Nobody Wanted the Flowers Delivered to Building C Anymore
The word deliveries appeared repeatedly throughout the notebooks left behind by florist Elena Marin, who operated the neighborhood flower shop…
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The Apartment Across the Hall Stayed Lit for Eleven Years After the Tenant Died
The word neighbors appeared repeatedly throughout the notebooks left behind by building caretaker Milan Petrovic, who maintained a deteriorating apartment…
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Nobody Heard the Piano Stop After the Nakamura Family Left
The word lessons appeared repeatedly throughout the notebooks left behind by piano instructor Kenji Nakamura, who taught children from the…
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The Fishermen Burned Their Nets After Seeing What Was Hanging Beneath the Pier
The word tides appeared repeatedly throughout the notebooks left behind by harbor fisherman Joren Falk, who smoked and traded eels…
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