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hierarchy: Śrīla Prabhupāda-līlāmṛta
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hierarchy: CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Śrīla prabhupāda-līlāmṛta 1.18
Breaking Ground
Śrīla prabhupāda-līlāmṛta 1.18
PRABHUPĀDA’S NEW NEIGHBORHOOD was not as run-down as the nearby Bowery, though it certainly was less than quaint. Right across …
Śrīla prabhupāda-līlāmṛta 1.18
Up a block, but on the same side of the avenue as the storefront, was the Church of the Nativity, …
Śrīla prabhupāda-līlāmṛta 1.18
Second Avenue was a main traffic artery for east Manhattan, and the stoplight at the intersection of Houston and Second …
Śrīla prabhupāda-līlāmṛta 1.18
At 26 Second Avenue there were actually two storefronts. The one to the north was a coin laundry, and the …
Śrīla prabhupāda-līlāmṛta 1.18
To the left of the gift shop’s window was its front door, a dark wooden frame holding a full-length pane …
Śrīla prabhupāda-līlāmṛta 1.18
The courtyard was paved with concrete geometric sections and encircled with shrub gardens and tall trees. There was a picnic …
Śrīla prabhupāda-līlāmṛta 1.18
Overlooking the courtyard from the rear building of 26 Second Avenue was Prabhupāda’s second-floor apartment, where he would now live, …
Śrīla prabhupāda-līlāmṛta 1.18
The next room was bare except for a fancy coffee table, which became Prabhupāda’s altar. Here he placed a framed …
Śrīla prabhupāda-līlāmṛta 1.18
Both rooms were freshly painted, and the floors were clean hardwood parquet. The bathroom was clean and serviceable, as was …
Śrīla prabhupāda-līlāmṛta 1.18
Although Carl, Mike, Carol, James, Bill, and others had encouraged him to move here, some of them now found it …
Śrīla prabhupāda-līlāmṛta 1.18
The Lower East Side has a history of change and human suffering as old as New York. Three hundred years …

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