He was curious enough to stop and talk to the man, who was clearly deranged, but referred, strikingly, to his old classmates at Juilliard.
But mainly it was "the community" that came, or, more accurately, it was whoever happened to be out on Jerome Avenue that Wednesday morning and was curious enough to stop and watch.
Mr. Land said Florida panthers, which mostly feed on deer and wild boar, were curious enough to stop and perhaps stare if they saw people, but would flee if approached.
He waved off reporters, but then made the curious choice to stop for a coffee at the nearest Starbucks, where he was quickly surrounded by many of the same reporters, some of whom had retreated there to type up their reports.
Simply put, the ITB designs outer space vacations for anyone brave or curious enough to stop in.
During the event on Sunday, six-foot privacy fences were erected to protect attendees from public view, while Scientology security staff stood by to stop curious onlookers getting too close.
But somehow, the leaflet is still not enough to stop curious visitors to Yellowstone National Park from trying to cozy up to the bison.
Global investors also fretted about the curious ability of Chinese companies to stop trading in their stock whenever it seemed to suit their own needs.
It was an odd sight for an industrial street in the Ridgewood section of Queens, so of course the delivery-truck drivers, the workers from nearby manufacturing plants and other curious passers-by felt compelled to stop, look and ask questions.
Be sure to stop at curious little Yasaka Koshin Do Buddhist temple on the way to the pagoda.
