[911] What has changed in New York? Everything. And Also Nothing — a journalist walks through Manhattan …
‘Strozier has been mapping Manhattan according to “zones of sadness”. South of Chambers Street, you could make out the people jumping, “and the only question is how that transforms you. Not whether you’re traumatised”. South of 14th, you could see everything – except individual human beings. And on the Upper West Side, “you probably saw it on TV. But you had to live with the smell. People are deeply confused about that, unless they’re very psychologically alert to their feelings. But everybody knows what the smell was. Today, the victims are literally in the lungs of people in New York”. Because of wind patterns, though, the smell never made it to the Upper East Side. “The richest, most elitist area in New York, and it was never touched. And within a few weeks, the most important thing for them was whether they could get a reservation at a five-star restaurant.”‘
Manhattan Walking
This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 11th, 2002 at 7:46 am and is filed under 911.
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cause of the same wind pattern, you could smell it in new jersey. The next day, a huge cloud rolled over new jersey, and it was hazy everywhere. In your house. in the garage. in the car. hazy and smelly.
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