LAST CALL AT COOGAN’S: The Life and Death of a Neighborhood Bar, by Jon Michaud“A friend to me has no race, no class and belongs to no minority,” said Frank Sinatra. “My friendships are formed out of affection, mutual respect and a feeling of having something in common. These are eternal values that cannot be classified.” These words ran through my head as I read “Last Call at Coogan’s,” Jon Michaud’s book about the life and times of a venerated Washington Heights pub that shuttered in 2020. Coogan’s opened in 1985, in northern Manhattan’s heavily Dominican enclave of Washington Heights, at the onset of one epidemic — crack — and closed during another. Simply by being there, Coogan’s changed people’s minds about other cultures.

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Persons: Jon Michaud “, ”, Frank Sinatra, ” Jon Michaud’s, Coogan’s, Michaud, Lin, Manuel Miranda, Jim Dwyer, Cool Organizations: New York Times Locations: Coogan’s, Washington, Irish, Mumbai, Manhattan, Manhattan’s, Dominican, Washington Heights