TRAVEL

Manhattan in the Morning Rain

Observations as another faceless pedestrian

Photo series of the Empire State Building as seen from the author’s window (Images by Janna Barrett)

It’s dawn. Although, to use the word “dawn” probably implies that there is a sun to be seen, so perhaps it’s more appropriate for me to say that it’s first light.

I’m in New York City—Midtown Manhattan. I can see the Empire State Building from the window in my hall. Every time I…