. The new New York : a commentary on the place and the people . and tower and cupolagew-gaws seem to sparkle in the sun, the drifts of steamfrom the hotels and high apartment houses are dazzlingwhite, down in the street people in heavy coats hurry by,and cabbies and flunkies in bear-skins sit on their boxeslooking preternaturally red in the face. At times it can be very cold in the city with its touchof the salt sea in the air — far colder than in the country,notwithstanding the popular belief to the steel buildings, the blocks and blocks of stone,brick, and cement, the flagstone
. The new New York : a commentary on the place and the people . and tower and cupolagew-gaws seem to sparkle in the sun, the drifts of steamfrom the hotels and high apartment houses are dazzlingwhite, down in the street people in heavy coats hurry by,and cabbies and flunkies in bear-skins sit on their boxeslooking preternaturally red in the face. At times it can be very cold in the city with its touchof the salt sea in the air — far colder than in the country,notwithstanding the popular belief to the steel buildings, the blocks and blocks of stone,brick, and cement, the flagstone sidewalks, are receiversand retainers of cold rather than of heat. In the forestin winter a wood road will be warmer than the open,but in the city a steel-and-stone street, swept by the wind,may be colder than the wind itself. And how the windcan blow through the city streets! The tall buildingsseem to catch it on their upper walls and spill it like asail down into the thoroughfares, where it moves inviolent twists and spirals. The foot-passengers in the mm.
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