Here is a MUCH higher quality version of this image. Here is the source. Credit to the photographer, Neal Boenzi.
Once upon a time, you could touch the air in New York. Such as the case as seen here on Nov. 24, 1966, when a stagnant mass parked itself over the city for four days. This glimpse south from the Empire State Building showed a city shrouded in acrid, sour-smelling air. This photograph also moonlighted as the cover for Vampire Weekend's music album "Modern Vampires of the City" in 2013.
As odd as it may seem that so many people fled cities for the suburbs, many Western cities in the area of unrestrained air pollution were a lot like Beijing or Delhi now. London pea-soup fogs were notorious, and even those beautiful building facades in Paris were stained dark until they got a good pressure-washing. Even in the early 90s, Ice Cube found "no smog" a notable sign of a good day in Los Angeles.
AlternativeResort477 on May 10th, 2024 at 18:04 UTC »
Modern vampires of the city
Spartan2470 on May 10th, 2024 at 19:02 UTC »
Here is a MUCH higher quality version of this image. Here is the source. Credit to the photographer, Neal Boenzi.
police-ical on May 10th, 2024 at 20:26 UTC »
As odd as it may seem that so many people fled cities for the suburbs, many Western cities in the area of unrestrained air pollution were a lot like Beijing or Delhi now. London pea-soup fogs were notorious, and even those beautiful building facades in Paris were stained dark until they got a good pressure-washing. Even in the early 90s, Ice Cube found "no smog" a notable sign of a good day in Los Angeles.