New York, New York

A lovely photo set of New York City from the 1930s. My favorites are the crowded beach scene at Coney Island, Margaret Bourke-White's shot of hats in the Garment District, and a shot of "the Lung Block" on the Lower East Side.

Having lived here beyond the "novelty" period, i must admit it's easy to take The City for granted. It's not that i've seen it all, not even close. I've barely made a dent on the most fundamental of NYC to-dos. But see, it's not that there's no novelty left, it's that we lose the energy to explore it: "Ehh. It'll be there tomorrow. I'll do that later. Sure, maybe next time."

But here, we pay a price for the laziness, the too-cool-for-school attitude (which NYC nurtures), because the pace is unforgiving & unrelenting. The list of things i've missed out on would stretch for miles, and and a good portion of that is regretful. So it's good to see composites like this that capture how spectacular a seemingly unspectacular moment can be. And, for me, it reminds me that i live in the one city in our one world, where every moment, however mundane, can make beautiful spectacular history.