America's most illustrious president faced the prospect of pioneering the kind of behaviour that has since destroyed faith in the country's body politic.
By then, all eyes were trained on a more illustrious property facing a similar demise several miles to the north — a 1952 spiral house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his son and daughter-in-law, David and Gladys.
But when, at the end of a weekend dinner shift at the Hardware Store, I went to find her in her usual spot she'd be sitting in a booth at the front, drinking her beer and eating her tongue sandwich ("C'est de la langue!" she'd say, giggling)—and tried to get her to talk about her illustrious relatives, her round face would curl into an impatient frown.
Local hero Jimmie Vaughan (Fabulous Thunderbirds) and illustrious transplant Ian McLagan (ex-Small Faces, Faces) both play here regularly.
No matter what the guise, it seems, Bradford are transformed when facing supposedly more illustrious opposition in this tournament.
Café des Artistes faced tough competition from illustrious restaurants in the neighborhood, including Picholine on West 64th Street, Jean Georges at the Trump International Hotel and Daniel Boulud's Bar Boulud on Broadway, all vying for the Lincoln Center crowds.
The 42-year-old, who ended his illustrious career at Goa last year, has also faced accusations based on his role in establishing diving as a part of the English game.
If he can sustain his phenomenal run at Flushing Meadows by beating the tough Spanish 19th seed, Tommy Robredo, on Saturday, he will find himself in the unusual position of facing not only his latest illustrious hitting partner but the greatest player of all time, Roger Federer.
Ogogo matched his illustrious opponent in a brutal fight but faced an agonising wait as the final score had the pair level.
His subjects included such illustrious figures as the Man with Two Faces, the World's Smallest Mother, Penguin Boy, Willie "Popeye" Ingram, and the iconic Artoria Gibbons.
