The flash of my Leica catches the glint of a silver velour tracksuit as a girl scrolls through her Nokia 3310, her thumb a blur against the backlit glow. The late afternoon light hits a discarded USB drive on the pavement, shimmering like the metallic low-rise jeans darting through this Midtown scene.
Nearby, a kid grips a PlayStation 2 box like a holy relic, dodging a businessman cursing the slow pace of broadband adoption at his office. The air smells of exhaust and expensive tobacco, framed by neon headlines and the distant, rhythmic hum of Santana’s "Smooth" drifting from a passing sedan.
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The Headlines
Tobacco and Its Money Have Minority Allies in New York
A Norwegian passenger train departing from Trondheim, collides with a local train coming from Hamar in Åsta in Åmot Municipality; 19 people are killed and 68 injured in the accident.