From sculptures by local artists to heartfelt letters, old plane tickets, and my great-grandparents' immigration papers-each item was a mosaic piece of the man I deeply wish I had known better.
Relatives often described him as 'eccentric,' a striking, extravagant figure who left a mark on every room he entered.
Nicholas De Cresce was more than just my great uncle; he was a fixture in my family, albeit one I never knew well enough.
His life had everything: travel, art, music from the British Invasion era, and high-class food. Nicky was an emblematic part of the Greenwich Village scene in the 1970s and 1980s.
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