James barron new york times biography
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James barron new york times biography
New York Times Writer James Barron, a Longtime Upper West Sider, Gets to the Heart of the City That Never Sleeps
By Bonnie Eissner
In 1977, James Barron, fresh out of Princeton, took a job as a copy boy at The New York Times and moved to the Upper West Side.
He was assigned to help cover the blackout that year but missed seeing Reggie Jackson’s World Series-winning home run for the Yankees.
That Barron’s once affordable ground-floor apartment at West 71st Street is now the upscale brunch and dinner spot Friend of a Farmer epitomizes how much the neighborhood has changed.
In his 47 years at The Times, Barron, who still lives on the Upper West Side and now writes The Times’ New York Today newsletter, has covered all angles of his ever-evolving city and neighborhood.
He has written about celebrities, such as Dakota dweller Lauren Bacall, and less well-known but equally fascinating New Yorkers, such as Mary and Stanley Adelman of Osner Business Machines on Amsterdam Avenue,