"These are the windows of the world," he says, gesturing expansively. "Everybody we know would come through here. These windows are key."
He says he will miss the bar's little idiosyncrasies.
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Alexandrov points to Widener library, visible through the window. He said he often sees thesis-writers run down from the Widener stacks to Grafton Street for a bit of "creative inspiration."
"All phases of life have taken place here," Alexandrov says.
He says that he and his friends will remain loyal to Grafton Street-refusing to frequent another bar until Grafton reopens.
"We're not going anywhere else in protest," Alexandrov says.
As the friends talk, the waiters begin to clean up.
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