Puppet (2005)
“It’s called the new courthouse to distinguish it from the old courthouse, which is located in old City Hall, at the intersection of Bay and Queen. New City Hall, whose construction was completed in 1965, stands just across the street and consists of two crescent-shaped buildings of towering gray granite, curving in toward one another. New City Hall boasts a large, once-controversial outdoor sculpture by Henry Moore that looks a bit like a bronze chicken without its head, and a large, public ska...ting rink, where people are already showing off their moves at eleven o’clock in the morning.
Amanda is reminded of these facts the next morning when the taxi driver takes her to the wrong address.
“You say new City Hall,” the cabbie insists in heavily accented English.
“I said the new courthouse.”
“Courthouse in old City Hall.”
“That’s the old courthouse. I want the new courthouse.”
“New courthouse not here,” the man replies. He makes an illegal U-turn on Bay, heads back in the direction from which they came.MoreLess
Amanda is reminded of these facts the next morning when the taxi driver takes her to the wrong address.
“You say new City Hall,” the cabbie insists in heavily accented English.
“I said the new courthouse.”
“Courthouse in old City Hall.”
“That’s the old courthouse. I want the new courthouse.”
“New courthouse not here,” the man replies. He makes an illegal U-turn on Bay, heads back in the direction from which they came.MoreLess
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