New York 1976:Driving a Cab in the Artistic Heart of the Universe

When writer and broadcaster Michael Goldfarb drove a New York cab in the 1970s he lived in the same neighbourhood as the low-life characters represented in Martin Scorsese's film, Taxi Driver. His customers and fellow cab-drivers, on the other hand, included some of the city's top writers and artists.

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