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Nicole Miller at her spring fashion show last month at Skylight Clarkson Square. Photo ©Patrick McMullan
FRANCIS’ VISIT BITTERSWEET FOR PARISHIONERS OF CLOSED CHURCHES NEWS As some churches wait for appeals in Rome, a pontiff’s visit stirs up complicated emotions BY DANIEL FITZSIMMONS AND RICHARD KHAVKINE
About 20 blocks north from the United Nations, where Pope Francis gave a historic address to the General Assembly, sits Our Lady of Peace, a Catholic church shuttered in July by the Archdiocese of New York. The church was established soon after World War I, with peace a founding principle. Almost a century later, with a small but dedicated congregation and financial solvency, the archdiocese decided to merge Our Lady of Peace with the nearby Church of St. John the Evangelist on East 55th Street. The Catholic parish, established in 1919 by a growing population of Italian immigrants to the city and the neighborhood, was one of dozens closed by the Archdiocese of New York, which cited declining attendance, shifting demographics and a shortage of priests, among other factors, when it announced the merging of parishes from Staten Island to Albany late last year. Closing Our Lady of Peace made little sense to congregants, who have an appeal pending in Rome, even as Pope Francis was being cheered by huge crowds in their own backyard. “Here we have people who really love their church and want to participate and they’re driving them away,” said
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THE ENDURING STYLE OF TASTE ART OF FOOD The co-host of the Art of Food on fashion, food and conservative Manhattan styles BY ANGELA BARBUTI
Nicole Miller started her career as an intern and opened her first store on Madison Avenue in 1986. The rest is New York City fashion history. The Tribeca resident’s interests
extend well beyond fashion, and her passion for food has led her to cohost, with chef Michael White, Our Town’s Art of Food, happening at Sotheby’s on October 13. The event welcomes 25 Upper East Side chefs who will be preparing dishes inspired by art from one of Sotheby’s upcoming auctions.
What was it like when you opened your first store on Madison Avenue? Madison Avenue had a reputa-
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tion for having very snooty stores, and it’s kind of comical because you would walk into another store and everybody would be aloof and cold. And these stores would open up and close up and open up and close up. And there were so many times when half of Madison was empty, between the recession or being poorly run, or whatever. We withstood the times. We were there for years and years and years.
I read that your company grew significantly after you designed a tie. When we opened the store on
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