Fifty Fourth Floor and Falling

SIDEWALK PORTRAIT
Rick Henry
SIDEWALK PORTRAIT
Fifty-Fourth Floor and Falling
By Rick Henry
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Buffalo, New York
Sidewalk Portrait by Richard Henry


Copyright 2005

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By
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