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A Cloisters Cartoon

Mortimer Lebigre

A Trip to The Cloisters | My daughter and I live in Inwood, just north of The Cloisters in Manhattan. One Saturday morning, she spotted the tower. | "Daddy, I want to go up there." | "Up the hill, to The Cloisters?" | "Yes Daddy, but on the bike!" | "It's a big....steep....hill....on a bike, but 5-year-olds don't care. | "Faster, Daddy, faster! I don't like it when we go slow!" | "Tired and sweaty, I give up trying to find a place to park my bike and just lock it upright, unattached. | After the ride, the stairs seem endless, but the art is worth it.

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