Christmas in New York in 2021 was more of the wet than white style. Showers rinsed gritty streets and office towers until noon, but then, with temperatures nearing 50, you could believe you were somewhere else.
By David Stone
Pictures of New York, Christmas 2021
In Carl Schurz Park at 2:00, blue skies followed the showers.
But for a serious contrast, the scene in Hell Gate looked as out of season as any Christmas in Memory…
Where the confluence of Harlem and East Rivers met the tides from Long Island Sound, once creating ship-sinking cross currents, it was just peaceful.
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