It is difficult to convey just how important the Tower Records at the corner of Broadway and East 4th was to the feel and pulse of downtown New York, especially in its early days when there wasn’t much of either south of 14th Street.

We had the honor of hosting Anne Landsman as our guest speaker at our Summer Fete, and she shared some beautiful, insightful words with us.

“It doesn't get easier, I thought it would along the way.”

“With O.J. there was an abyss of recklessness I was willing to dive into, a waxing appetite for danger I was unsure I could swallow.”

“The door didn’t open every day, but every time it did, I pushed it as far as it would go.”

“The moth doesn’t hear him, flies right back to the dads’ flamethrowers and you can’t stop it, can’t stop anything. To the moth all fire is sun.”