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‘I Came Across a Guy Who Was Sitting on the Curb With a Guitar’ A Clash singalong, running an errand before the big fight and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary. July 11, 2021, 3:00 a.m. ET Image Dear Diary: I was walking to the East Village from my apartment in the West Village. I had $10 to my name and was hungry for Indian food. Just past Washington Square Park, I came across a guy who was sitting on the curb with a guitar. He had a hat turned upside down with a few coins in it. He was between songs and had on a faded gray T-shirt that said ...

Alexandra, you're on the air. what's happening? >> reporter: hi, anderson, this is a group of protesters that have walked up from union square. take a look at what's in front of me. we have really probably at least 100, maybe more than that, protesters who have just come off the west side highway, anderson. they're walking east across manhattan right now. there's a long line of police officers who have been escorting them. you actually see a big group of police officers walking in the opposite direction right now. not clear where they are headed. but up in front of this crowd, up this street o...