From the day
Perspective: The Future Historian · Sight
The dusty autumn sun glints off the heavy wool silhouettes of the crowd outside the stadium, where the somber news of a Yankee defeat ripples through the sea of stiff bowler hats and high-necked collars. I catch a **snapshot** of a young boy sitting on the curb, oblivious to the Senators' climb in the standings, completely absorbed in the rigid steel girders of his new **Erector Set**. He builds a miniature skyscraper of cold, grey metal, a stark precursor to the soaring steel skeletons that will soon define this century's skyline. The air carries the sharp tang of early automobile exhaust and the distant, tinny melody of "Peg o' My Heart" drifting from a nearby storefront.