New York resident sledges down hill – SIPA USA / Erik McGregor
An enchanted moment. After a snowstorm, which swept through several states in the northeast of the United States for nearly 24 hours, New York woke up Thursday under a pretty white coat, to the delight of its inhabitants.
The garbage trucks, adorned with a snowplow, crisscrossed the avenues of the Big Apple with their characteristic screeching, while the janitors of the buildings stormed shovels, spreaders, or broom.
“It’s awesome”
In Central Park, the lungs of Manhattan, from the early hours of the day, cross-country skiers took advantage of a snow cover
not seen in New York in these proportions for five years. “It’s brilliant,” enthuses Elyse Mallyn, in her sixties, as she skis up the circular route to the north. “There is something a bit magical,” added Paul Huzarski, another skier. “I can get up, cross the street and go skiing.”
South of the Metropolitan Museum, Cypress Hill, the park’s most famous sliding spot, is gradually filling up with children who have come with their parents. “It’s a good break to be able to go out and have an activity,” he says. Right now, with the pandemic, “there’s not much you can do.”
More than three feet of snow fell in parts of upstate New York, but most major cities in the region received between ten and twenty centimeters of white powder instead.
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