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Child Wears Tuxedo For First Day Of School At New Gehry Skyscraper
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Jen Chung
Published Sep 9, 2011
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A rather adorable—and precocious—seven-year-old donned a tuxedo to attend his first day of classes at a new school located at the Spruce Street skyscraper designed by Frank Gehry. Kyle Falls made the media rounds, telling the Post, “It’s a very special thing, the Frank Gehry building. It looks really cool, and I figured I should dress up."
Falls' dad explained that Kyle was originally wearing a t-shirt and camo pants, but then Kyle recalled his tuxedo, which was his sixth-birthday party ("a secret agent-themed blowout in honor of his son’s idol, James Bond"). Kyle confidently told the NY Times, "A tuxedo is very good clothes," and posed for an insanely adorable picture.
Mayor Bloomberg was at the school, and he reportedly told Kyle, "You look really fancy."
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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