New York City is a shadow of its pre-pandemic normal. Even with all the chaos, filth and struggle, nostalgics have long mourned every change in what they called the “vanishing” city. Whether they have left, or whether they have no option to leave, New Yorkers are having to ask themselves whether the city they love is really still livable. ADBut for Delano, the pause of city life has been a tectonic shift deeper than a career pivot. “I’ve started to look back at my New York life in a new light,” he said.

Source: Washington Post May 26, 2020 10:01 UTC