Tag: Subway
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Underground Stage
So much can happen in New York subway stations, and it’s not uncommon to have musicians performing. But the other day, it felt like one station briefly turned into its own small stage, making room for a particularly nice performance. The duo was set up on the platform. One of them was mixing really cool…
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Small helpers
This week has been on fire—figuratively. A pile-up of nerve-wracking things left me with no time (or headspace) for writing. But maybe that’s a fitting lead-in to today’s post: fire trucks. In the U.S., fire trucks are hard to miss—giant, shiny red machines that dominate the streets, and impossible to ignore with sirens that stretch…
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Times are changing
While this refers to this past weekend’s shift to summer time, you could also interpret it in a broader sense—in the grand scheme of things. And speaking of grand, and staying in the spirit of time, the Grand Central Clock is one of New York’s most iconic timepieces. Perched atop the information booth in the…
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Transitioning
Last night, Grand Central Station turned into a scene straight out of the show Severance. A crowd gathered around actors dressed in generic work attire, performing synchronized movements—a nod to the show’s themes of corporate control and workplace detachment. The series follows employees who undergo a procedure to separate their work and personal memories, creating…
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Sparkling ‚clean‘
Getting on an empty and freshly cleaned train is a good start to your early morning commute! Well, to level-set expectations: the floor was wiped with something that looks like it never gets rinsed and the handrails and seats were filthy as always… But let’s appreciate the small things and in this case, the effort…
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Monday morning
My first Monday morning commute to the office. Might be the time I left home, might be ‘cause it’s Monday and don’t many people go in or it might be the normal state … whatever the case, it was incredibly smooth sailing! Remember when I posted about the commute in London (on my SF Blog)?!…
Josephine in New York City 