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14 Old Photos Of A Rainy, Stormy New York City

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Jen Carlson

Published May 24, 2012

Modified May 24, 2012

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Looking south from 34th St.; Met Life Building is at front left, lower Manhattan buildings at back, 1913.

 

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It's never going to stop raining and we're never going to see the blue skies again and your shoes are never going to dry and we're going to be drenched in our own sweat from the 100% humidity forever and ever—so just listen to the depressing version of Blind Melon's "No Rain" and deal with it. If it makes you feel better, you can click through and look at some photos of an old New York City being belted with equally bad weather. We've survived the storm before, people... and just look at how noir it all was.

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