NEW YORK — Shortly after coronavirus shut down New York last spring, Herman James picked up his clippers, headed outside and found himself a new identity: the Central Park barber. A year on, business is good for the 33-year-old, the latest attraction and only hairdresser in Manhattan’s green lung, renowned for its musicians, roller discos and birds. Clients customarily pay him the typical price of a barber’s cut in the Big Apple: $20 or $30. ‘Very cool’Demand, coupled with local news coverage, has seen James, a barber since 2010, become a permanent fixture. James also can’t plug in a hair dryer but says sun and the park’s pleasant breeze does a “good job.”What does he do with the cut hair?

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 12, 2021 06:45 UTC