Author: Alix Diaconis
Image: EarthCam
I started becoming obsessed with EarthCam’s Times Square live stream a few weeks ago. Instead of habitually opening Instagram or Facebook when I was bored, I’d check in on some low-res strangers from the safety of my apartment. It was oddly comforting to see that the blazing walls of billboards and larger-than-life store names were still there, even if the streets around them were unusually empty. The barrage of LED advertisements felt a little less searing on a small laptop screen than they do in real life.
Someone had arranged the chairs to spell “I <3 NY,” which actually made me love New York a little bit more.
I even saw the Naked Cowboy! And a tourist taking a photo while simultaneously running away from him. I feel so safe just by...
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I started becoming obsessed with EarthCam’s Times Square live stream a few weeks ago. Instead of habitually opening Instagram or Facebook when I was bored, I’d check in on some low-res strangers from the safety of my apartment. It was oddly comforting to see that the blazing walls of billboards and larger-than-life store names were still there, even if the streets around them were unusually empty. The barrage of LED advertisements felt a little less searing on a small laptop screen than they do in real life.
Someone had arranged the chairs to spell “I <3 NY,” which actually made me love New York a little bit more.
I even saw the Naked Cowboy! And a tourist taking a photo while simultaneously running away from him. I feel so safe just by...
Continue reading…
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