"The city becomes a giant novel and suddenly we are omniscient narrators. Standing at this height, it is easy to see the unconscious poetic collaboration between people. Watch how the guy unloading a truck full of eggs is carrying a tray of them into a store where a pregnant woman is working behind the counter. Note how people walking fast need the people who walk slow in order to feel fast. Experience fully the spotlight that the man directing traffic must feel and feel entirely the salaciousness shared between a hot-dog vendor and the hunger of passersby."
-Excerpt from Speedology: Speed On New York On Speed
By: Timothy "Speed" Levitch
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