{"id":937,"date":"2009-12-23T15:15:18","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T20:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/?p=937"},"modified":"2014-12-14T21:24:53","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T02:24:53","slug":"snow-in-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/23\/snow-in-the-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow in the City"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_939\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2001-snowy-skyy.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-939\" class=\"size-full wp-image-939\" title=\"fredhatt-2001-snowy-skyy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2001-snowy-skyy.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2001-snowy-skyy.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2001-snowy-skyy.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-939\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowy Skyy, 2001, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Last weekend the Eastern U.S. had its first major snowfall of the season, immediately preceding the Winter Solstice.\u00a0 Around this time of year our culture ritually celebrates the White Christmas and the Winter Wonderland, Jack Frost and Frosty the Snowman, calling up nostalgic images of horse-drawn sleigh rides and cozy houses among rolling hills of pure white.\u00a0 The reality of snow in the city is more conflicted, both soft and harsh, beauty that rapidly becomes ugliness.\u00a0 In honor of the season, here are some photos from my collection, images of great New York City snowfalls of the past decade.<\/p>\n<p>Streetlamps illuminate the beautiful movement of swirling snow.\u00a0 Because of its lightness, snow shows the complexity of whorls and eddies in the flowing air:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_940\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-streetlamp-flurry.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-940\" class=\"size-full wp-image-940\" title=\"fredhatt-2003-streetlamp-flurry\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-streetlamp-flurry.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-streetlamp-flurry.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-streetlamp-flurry.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Streetlamp Flurry, 2003, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_941\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2005-snow-at-ground-zero.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-941\" class=\"size-full wp-image-941\" title=\"fredhatt-2005-snow-at-ground-zero\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2005-snow-at-ground-zero.jpg?resize=600%2C337\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2005-snow-at-ground-zero.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2005-snow-at-ground-zero.jpg?resize=300%2C168 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snow at Ground Zero, 2005, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The first dusting adds a cool glamor to the gritty street:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_942\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-powdered-bus-lane.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-942\" class=\"size-full wp-image-942\" title=\"fredhatt-2003-powdered-bus-lane\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-powdered-bus-lane.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-powdered-bus-lane.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-powdered-bus-lane.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Powdered Bus Lane, 2003, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_943\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2001-snow-traffic.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-943\" class=\"size-full wp-image-943\" title=\"fredhatt-2001-snow-traffic\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2001-snow-traffic.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2001-snow-traffic.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2001-snow-traffic.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snow Traffic, 2001, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Nothing imparts mystery to our mundane environment of walls and ads like a white veil:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_944\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-snow-masked.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-944\" class=\"size-full wp-image-944\" title=\"fredhatt-2003-snow-masked\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-snow-masked.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-snow-masked.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-snow-masked.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snow-Masked, 2003, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_945\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2006-i-love-you.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-945\" class=\"size-full wp-image-945\" title=\"fredhatt-2006-i-love-you\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2006-i-love-you.jpg?resize=600%2C338\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2006-i-love-you.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2006-i-love-you.jpg?resize=300%2C169 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I Love You, 2006, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Even when the snow is really coming down, the city is always full of rush and bustle:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_946\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-spring-snow.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-946\" class=\"size-full wp-image-946\" title=\"fredhatt-2003-spring-snow\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-spring-snow.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-spring-snow.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-spring-snow.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spring Snow, 2003, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_947\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-colors-on-white.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-947\" class=\"size-full wp-image-947\" title=\"fredhatt-2003-colors-on-white\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-colors-on-white.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-colors-on-white.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-colors-on-white.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colors on White, 2003, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If it gets heavy enough, the car traffic stops and major streets become walkways, as in these pictures taken while walking down the middle of Broadway during the blizzard of 2003:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_948\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-posing-in-blizzard.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-948\" class=\"size-full wp-image-948\" title=\"fredhatt-2003-posing-in-blizzard\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-posing-in-blizzard.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-posing-in-blizzard.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-posing-in-blizzard.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-948\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Posing in Blizzard, 2003, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_949\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-snowy-broadway.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-949\" class=\"size-full wp-image-949\" title=\"fredhatt-2003-snowy-broadway\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-snowy-broadway.jpg?resize=450%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-snowy-broadway.jpg?w=450 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-snowy-broadway.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowy Broadway, 2003, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the photo immediately above you can see the fog-like effect, with objects in the distance fading to white.\u00a0 As night falls, beams of light cut and color the swirls and piles:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_950\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2005-snow-in-headlights.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-950\" class=\"size-full wp-image-950\" title=\"fredhatt-2005-snow-in-headlights\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2005-snow-in-headlights.jpg?resize=600%2C480\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2005-snow-in-headlights.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2005-snow-in-headlights.jpg?resize=300%2C240 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snow in Headlights, 2005, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_951\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2005-blizzard-outside-deli.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-951\" class=\"size-full wp-image-951\" title=\"fredhatt-2005-blizzard-outside-deli\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2005-blizzard-outside-deli.jpg?resize=600%2C338\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2005-blizzard-outside-deli.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2005-blizzard-outside-deli.jpg?resize=300%2C169 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blizzard Outside Deli, 2005, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_956\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2005-snowy-sidewalk.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-956\" class=\"size-full wp-image-956\" title=\"fredhatt-2005-snowy-sidewalk\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2005-snowy-sidewalk.jpg?resize=600%2C399\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2005-snowy-sidewalk.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2005-snowy-sidewalk.jpg?resize=300%2C199 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-956\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowy Sidewalk, 2005, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_957\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-snow-shadows.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-957\" class=\"size-full wp-image-957\" title=\"fredhatt-2003-snow-shadows\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-snow-shadows.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-snow-shadows.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-snow-shadows.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-957\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snow Shadows, 2003, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_959\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2005-snowscape.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-959\" class=\"size-full wp-image-959\" title=\"fredhatt-2005-snowscape\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2005-snowscape.jpg?resize=600%2C399\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2005-snowscape.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2005-snowscape.jpg?resize=300%2C199 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-959\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowscape, 2005, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Snow&#8217;s crumbly clumps cling to windows:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_952\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2005-snowy-windshield.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-952\" class=\"size-full wp-image-952\" title=\"fredhatt-2005-snowy-windshield\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2005-snowy-windshield.jpg?resize=600%2C399\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2005-snowy-windshield.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2005-snowy-windshield.jpg?resize=300%2C199 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-952\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowy Windshield, 2005, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_953\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-snow-on-skylight.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-953\" class=\"size-full wp-image-953\" title=\"fredhatt-2003-snow-on-skylight\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-snow-on-skylight.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-snow-on-skylight.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-snow-on-skylight.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-953\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snow on Skylight, 2003, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Like grains of sand in an oyster, parked cars are coated with smoothness until they become great white round mounds:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_954\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2006-buried-cars.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-954\" class=\"size-full wp-image-954\" title=\"fredhatt-2006-buried-cars\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2006-buried-cars.jpg?resize=600%2C399\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2006-buried-cars.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2006-buried-cars.jpg?resize=300%2C199 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buried Cars, 2006, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_955\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2006-snowdrift-car.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-955\" class=\"size-full wp-image-955\" title=\"fredhatt-2006-snowdrift-car\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2006-snowdrift-car.jpg?resize=600%2C338\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2006-snowdrift-car.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2006-snowdrift-car.jpg?resize=300%2C169 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowdrift Car, 2006, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Other objects are transformed, like this concrete cherub (a popular decoration in my Italian neighborhood):<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_958\" style=\"width: 409px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2005-snowcapped-cherub.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-958\" class=\"size-full wp-image-958\" title=\"fredhatt-2005-snowcapped-cherub\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2005-snowcapped-cherub.jpg?resize=399%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2005-snowcapped-cherub.jpg?w=399 399w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2005-snowcapped-cherub.jpg?resize=199%2C300 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowcapped Cherub, 2005, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the heaviest blizzards, like the one we had in 2003, snowfall penetrates even the subway system, drifting down the stairs and through the vents in the sidewalk:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_960\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-subway-stairs.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-960\" class=\"size-full wp-image-960\" title=\"fredhatt-2003-subway-stairs\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-subway-stairs.jpg?resize=450%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-subway-stairs.jpg?w=450 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-subway-stairs.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-960\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Subway Stairs, 2003, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_962\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-subway-drift.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-962\" class=\"size-full wp-image-962 \" title=\"fredhatt-2003-subway-drift\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-subway-drift.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-subway-drift.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-subway-drift.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-962\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Subway Drift, 2003, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The snow seems to capture particles of diesel exhaust and other things floating in the air, and as it melts off peoples&#8217; shoes the subway tiles get coated with an oily grunge:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_961\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-snow-pile-in-subway.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-961\" class=\"size-full wp-image-961 \" title=\"fredhatt-2003-snow-pile-in-subway\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-snow-pile-in-subway.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-snow-pile-in-subway.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-snow-pile-in-subway.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snow Pile in Subway, 2003, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Snowplows clearing the streets pile the snow up into huge mountains, packing in parked cars and creating pedestrian barriers that have to be scaled:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_963\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-wall-of-snow.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-963\" class=\"size-full wp-image-963\" title=\"fredhatt-2003-wall-of-snow\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-wall-of-snow.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-wall-of-snow.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-wall-of-snow.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wall of Snow, 2003, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Storm drains are clogged and gutters and crosswalks become lakes of dirty slush:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_964\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-slush-pallet.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-964\" class=\"size-full wp-image-964\" title=\"fredhatt-2003-slush-pallet\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-slush-pallet.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-slush-pallet.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-slush-pallet.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-964\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Slush Pallet, 2003, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Within a day, New York City snow is gray and filthy.\u00a0 Hardened chunks remain even as shoveling, plowing and relentless traffic clear the routes:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_965\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2007-dirty-snow.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-965\" class=\"size-full wp-image-965\" title=\"fredhatt-2007-dirty-snow\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2007-dirty-snow.jpg?resize=600%2C338\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2007-dirty-snow.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2007-dirty-snow.jpg?resize=300%2C169 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-965\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dirty Snow, 2007, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The high piled-up mounds can last for weeks, even through warm weather, becoming nastier day by day.\u00a0 I&#8217;m sure this is what our lungs look like from breathing urban air:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_966\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-filthy-snow.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-966\" class=\"size-full wp-image-966\" title=\"fredhatt-2003-filthy-snow\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-filthy-snow.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-filthy-snow.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-filthy-snow.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Filthy Snow, 2003, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As the ice retreats, the salt and other residues leave sedimentary markings on the sidewalk:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_967\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2008-snow-residue.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-967\" class=\"size-full wp-image-967\" title=\"fredhatt-2008-snow-residue\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2008-snow-residue.jpg?resize=600%2C400\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2008-snow-residue.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2008-snow-residue.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-967\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snow Residue, 2008, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And when the sun comes out, melting snow rains down from the buildings and construction sheds, glittering like gems in the sunlight:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_968\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-snowmelt.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-968\" class=\"size-full wp-image-968\" title=\"fredhatt-2003-snowmelt\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-snowmelt.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-snowmelt.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fredhatt-2003-snowmelt.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowmelt, 2003, photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend 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