'Selling Prints for Generations'

The piece in the Sun on the Old Print Shop on Lexington Avenue is terrific and reminds me of the many family-owned businesses that are still in New York [Arts&Letters, "Selling Prints for Generations," July 23, 2008]. The Argosy Bookstore, at 116 East 59th Street, stands out as another. Just as the Newman family created the old Print Shop, Argosy was created by the Hamples and is a wonderful testimony as to what makes this city truly unique. ROBERT DILENSCHNEIDER New York, N.Y. 'The Saudi Monologue' In response to your editorial, the better thing to emphasize is not why the conference failed, as this was inevitable from the start, but why it wasn't held in Riyadh [Editorial, "The Saudi Monologue," July 21, 2008]. This is simple, because in addition to holding a conference that is generally agreed to be a farce, the Saudi... [read full story]