Willy DeVille was too paranoid to tell me where his house was, so he suggested we meet at Bickford's, and thus were new dimensions of 14th Street revealed unto me.

As I entered the coffee shop at the corner of 14th Street and 7th Avenue, I was immediately impressed with its scents, which I can only describe as Musty Hospital. Likewise, though the light inside was all natural as it streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows, it appeared to be uniquely gray.