((PKG)) EMPTY NEW YORK CITY
((Banner: New York, Paused))
((Reporter/Camera/Drone Camera: Aaron Fedor))
((Map: New York City, New York))
((Main characters: 1 female))
((MUSIC/NATS))
((Voice of Sarah Henry, Deputy Director & Chief Curator,
Museum of the City of New York))
At the Museum of the City of New York, we think a lot about
what makes New York, New York. And when we bring it
down to just four ideas: money, density, diversity and
creativity, they're all rooted in and felt in the vibrant street life
of New York. And that energy of New York’s street life is
what I find most viscerally absence during this strange and
quiet time of sheltering in place, staying at home, social
distancing and quarantine.
((NATS: Computer Train Announcement))
Use soap and water and wash for at least 20 seconds or use
hand sanitizer. Please cover your nose, mouth and your
elbow when you cough or sneeze. Let’s work together to
keep our state healthy.
((NATS))
((Voice of Sarah Henry, Deputy Director & Chief Curator,
Museum of the City of New York))
The streets are dense. They're diverse, full of creative
people. People from all over the world. The crowds, the
jostling, people bumping up against strangers and hearing all
the languages of the globe. That's typically the experience
of moving through the streets of New York.
((NATS: Computer Train Announcement))
Stand clear of the closing doors, please.
((Voice of Sarah Henry, Deputy Director & Chief Curator,
Museum of the City of New York))
So much of the way the city was organized and the systems
that were built were designed to fight the unhealthy
environment that was understood to be the sources of
disease. And so, big pieces of infrastructure were created
like the water system, the very existence of the sanitation
system, the housing codes that shape the way the buildings
were built.
((NATS))
((Voice of Sarah Henry, Deputy Director & Chief Curator,
Museum of the City of New York))
But as you get into the 20th century, the changes that you
see as a result of infectious disease are more metaphorical.
They're about human behavior, shaping how people relate to
each other and how we think about certain spaces.
((NATS))
((Voice of Sarah Henry, Deputy Director & Chief Curator,
Museum of the City of New York))
It's going to be interesting to see the aftermath of this really
historic period and whether it changes the direction or the
slope of New York's development.
((NATS))
((Voice of Sarah Henry, Deputy Director & Chief Curator,
Museum of the City of New York))
New York has a lot of monikers and nicknames. One is
famously “The City That Never Sleeps”. Yet right now,
people are feeling that the city that never sleeps is at least
napping. And yet, when you look closer at what it takes to
keep this city moving and all the people putting their lives on
the front lines, whether literally in hospitals or just keeping
the subways and buses moving, deliveries coming and food
on the shelves, there are still a lot of people not sleeping in
New York.
((NATS: Nurses))
Thank you firemen. Thank you.
((Banner: New York, Paused))
((Reporter/Camera/Drone Camera: Aaron Fedor))
((Map: New York City, New York))
((Main characters: 1 female))
((MUSIC/NATS))
((Voice of Sarah Henry, Deputy Director & Chief Curator,
Museum of the City of New York))
At the Museum of the City of New York, we think a lot about
what makes New York, New York. And when we bring it
down to just four ideas: money, density, diversity and
creativity, they're all rooted in and felt in the vibrant street life
of New York. And that energy of New York’s street life is
what I find most viscerally absence during this strange and
quiet time of sheltering in place, staying at home, social
distancing and quarantine.
((NATS: Computer Train Announcement))
Use soap and water and wash for at least 20 seconds or use
hand sanitizer. Please cover your nose, mouth and your
elbow when you cough or sneeze. Let’s work together to
keep our state healthy.
((NATS))
((Voice of Sarah Henry, Deputy Director & Chief Curator,
Museum of the City of New York))
The streets are dense. They're diverse, full of creative
people. People from all over the world. The crowds, the
jostling, people bumping up against strangers and hearing all
the languages of the globe. That's typically the experience
of moving through the streets of New York.
((NATS: Computer Train Announcement))
Stand clear of the closing doors, please.
((Voice of Sarah Henry, Deputy Director & Chief Curator,
Museum of the City of New York))
So much of the way the city was organized and the systems
that were built were designed to fight the unhealthy
environment that was understood to be the sources of
disease. And so, big pieces of infrastructure were created
like the water system, the very existence of the sanitation
system, the housing codes that shape the way the buildings
were built.
((NATS))
((Voice of Sarah Henry, Deputy Director & Chief Curator,
Museum of the City of New York))
But as you get into the 20th century, the changes that you
see as a result of infectious disease are more metaphorical.
They're about human behavior, shaping how people relate to
each other and how we think about certain spaces.
((NATS))
((Voice of Sarah Henry, Deputy Director & Chief Curator,
Museum of the City of New York))
It's going to be interesting to see the aftermath of this really
historic period and whether it changes the direction or the
slope of New York's development.
((NATS))
((Voice of Sarah Henry, Deputy Director & Chief Curator,
Museum of the City of New York))
New York has a lot of monikers and nicknames. One is
famously “The City That Never Sleeps”. Yet right now,
people are feeling that the city that never sleeps is at least
napping. And yet, when you look closer at what it takes to
keep this city moving and all the people putting their lives on
the front lines, whether literally in hospitals or just keeping
the subways and buses moving, deliveries coming and food
on the shelves, there are still a lot of people not sleeping in
New York.
((NATS: Nurses))
Thank you firemen. Thank you.