Billie — the steps

2026-10-08 · 61 seconds

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Captions are transcribed from the recording including where the voice stumbles. Dom kept the stumble and the text keeps it too.

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Billie Holiday lived on this block. The steps she walked are still here. So is the tree pit nobody tended. Harlem keeps its history in the sidewalk if you look down.

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