Wintertime is movie renting season for me and lately its been the PBS series New York: A Documentary Film. I used to think that I had a favorite era of New York City (roughly the mid 70’s to the mid 80’s). But this documentary changed my mind. Every era (all the way back to when the Brooklyn Bridge was the highest structure anyone had ever seen) gives you some sense of “Wow. It must’ve really been crazy back then”. You start to understand that we are just passing through time, and that New York City is, if nothing else, a city of relentless change. As much as everyone complains about how clean, safe and sterile New York has become, nothing is forever, and the City will inevitably take another dive. Who knows, maybe that new luxury condo that just went up on your block will be boarded up and abandoned in 10 years. We can only hope.
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I always get overwhelmed with emotion at the end of the segment when they play “The Sidewalks of New York.”