Month: December 2020

PPE masks saved countless lives in New York City.

PPE Mask: 2020 Trash Item of the Year

The 2020 Trash Item of the Year is the now-iconic sky-blue face mask donned by our heroic healthcare workers, essential employees, and responsible science-believing New Yorkers across the City. This low-tech piece of healthcare equipment has saved countless lives, hospital...Read More

The Emotions of Snow

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Snow in New York City is an emotional journey. Snowfall begins as a quiet, introspective experience, the white flakes wafting around buildings and cars like billions of dandelion seeds tethered to each other, silently settling down into windswept corners of...Read More

NYC: Finding Your Legs

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Every New Yorker has days when life goes sideways. When our legs are swept out from under us and our world loses balance... You are surrounded by 8.5 million fellow New Yorkers, but your significant other is actually your spare...Read More

NYC Trash Stories

Broken chairs. Tattered suitcases. The stories of New Yorkers.

Month: December 2020

PPE Mask: 2020 Trash Item of the Year

The Emotions of Snow

NYC: Finding Your Legs