Take the 'A' Train
Outtatowners might not be familiar with the NYC subway, but it has provided many writers with fodder for fact, fiction, and imagination. In December of 1984 Bernard Goetz unknowingly helped to turn the high crime tide in the city when he entered a downtown No. 2 express train at 14th Street and subsequently fired his gun at four suspected assailants. And, composer Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington made the A train famous with their popular, 1941 piece "Take the 'A' Train." You will recognize it as soon as you hear it.So, while you are here attending the conference, make sure you take at least one ride on the subway.
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