In Central Park the green of the trees has given way to bare branches. The largest Christmas tree in the USA is in front of Rockefeller Plaza. And dead rats can be seen everywhere. A walk through the pandemic post-pandemic metropolis.
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No umbrella can help against the post-pandemic upset in New York.
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New York City, which collapsed and hollowed out during the pandemic, has actually returned, more cynical and grim. Museums, restaurants, theaters are open, but the jouissance of yore is missing. Since mid-November, not only have the regional visitors, who have become commonplace under pandemic conditions and travel bans, been returning to the city; international tourists have also come to buy, look and eat. To find “New York, New York” again.
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