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Share Barber Herman James cuts a client’s hair under a pergola in Central Park on May 6 in New York City. AFP A cut above: Central Park barber latest attraction in New York City Thu, 13 May 2021 Shortly after coronavirus shut down New York last spring, Herman James picked up his clippers, headed outside and found himself a new identity: the Central Park barber. A year on, business is good for the 33-year-old, the latest attraction and only hairdresser in Manhattan’s green lung, renowned for its musicians, roller discos and birds. “I love it, being a trendsetter and having a monopoly,” says James at his new “shop” – a foldable chair under a leaf-covered pergola near the Strawberry Fields John Lennon memorial. ....