Chris Andrews <\/strong><\/span>slept in a coffin. (He had a regular name.)<\/p>\nMerjeme Haxhiraj, an Albanian who talked me down every year $10\/month on her rent.<\/p>\n
John “Chip” Stephens, a Chet Baker-like figure in looks, music and name. He played jazz piano and landed a tenure-track job at a university in Missouri.<\/p>\n
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This post originally appeared <\/em>in slightly different form on<\/em> 9\/30\/09. <\/em>
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<\/a>Stan Hershfield, one of the few Jews<\/span> <\/span>on the West Side. He was raised in an orphanage and loved the word bupkes<\/em> (beans).\u00a0 “Stratton, I have bupkes<\/em> so don’t hondle<\/em> me about the rent.” (Hondle<\/em> means haggle.) When Hershfield painted the wood floor in his kitchen, he said, “Only the best, Stratton, Benjamin Moore!”<\/p>\n