Summary
Friday night in the big city, I'm bopping along Fifth Avenue with my brother, and the place is one huge construction site. But this evening's industriousness differs from the usual after-hours midtown work. Guys aren't pouring new cement, climbing out of sewer manholes or replacing air-conditioning systems. They're not unloading truckloads of girders or elevator parts.
They are basically building the stage for tomorrow's opening of the annual New York City Christmas show. Vans piled high with identically cut evergreen branches idle in front of Tiffany's. Across the street, a truck the length of a commuter jet double- parks with its load of 8-foot-high snowflake cutouts. Near Radio City Music Hall, electricians crawl over a fanciful display of Christmas tree lights, each the size of a third-grader.See the full content of this document
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The Hard Work of a Downtown Christmas
This is the material experience of Christmas in the city. Creating this fantasy is not a job for a skinny geek with some cool software. There's nothing ...
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