New Yorkers shouldering their way through Grand Central Terminal's trench-coated crowds, braving the high-heel-grabbing grates along Lexington Avenue or coursing the taxi slalom around the Met Life and Helmsley buildings may not be following the hotly contested plans for rezoning Midtown East.
Dramatically, the German soprano worked hard to fulfill Decker's vision of an exhausted, consumptive courtesan compelled to put on her red dress and high-heel shoes to entertain her savage admirers.