The Astoria Notes

"My first year in New York, I lived on the top floor of an old building in Astoria, Queens, with rotted wood floors that creaked every time I took a step. I didn’t mind so much, because my schedule was so hectic I was rarely home...

One night, I came home to find the first in a series of notes slipped under my door. Small writing filled both sides of a sheet of loose leaf paper. I didn’t know what to make of it. The note began, “Dear Neighbor. When you arrive late every night, you are probably concentrating on your chores and don’t realize that this building, this street, the traffic, the people are all very still, very quiet.” The care and craftsmanship that went into writing this note was beyond anything I’d ever heard of from an angry neighbor. I continued reading..."

The Astoria notes
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[Thanks Joy!]

Comments

[lex ly]

The notes are amusing, the penmanship and drawing is nice.
The description of the post is well written. What a great find.

[Elizabeth]

Hilarious post. Thank you so much for sharing it. I loved the follow up post as well.