One of the things that's always made New York special is the simply distinctive, blue, gold and white Grecian-style paper coffee cup that first appeared on the scene in the early 1960s. Called the Anthora, it was originally designed by Leslie Buck for the Sherri Cup Co., and although Mr. Buck passed away this past April, his cup lives on in paper form--and in a more enduring version at the Museum of Modern Art store and various other on-line venues. I grew up seeing many an Anthora tossed into a garbage can, ironically at the same Long Island Railroad train station where Mr. Buck made his NY home. I'm sure he saw all his discarded designs as well, but hopefully he just took it as a sign of his mass consumption success and felt good about how his cups brightened the mornings of so many Manhattan-bound commuters in need of a stylishly served dose of caffeine.
