Inspired by E. L. Doctorow’s new novel based on Homer and Langley Collyer, the famed Harlem hoarders whose mountain of old newspapers and junk led to their untimely demise ("Collyer Mansion" is still FDNY code for a dangerously overstuff building"), City Room assembles an entertaining list of New York recluses and eccentrics. Oh, Leona, we miss you. [City Room]
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