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Video: Best Metaphor For Snow Cleanup
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Ben Yakas
Published Jan 29, 2011
Modified Jan 29, 2011
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During the past month, the snowiest January in NYC on record, we've seen exploding taxis, devious slush mounds, countless adorable snowmen...and some less-than-satisfactory snow responses. So what better metaphor for our frustration with the snow cleanup then the below video, which shows a worker clearing the street at 57th and 5th of snow, only to throw it back into the street on top of cars. The video poster thinks it was an NYC worker, and notes "for the record, a police officer was standing off to the right, watching this go down." We're not sure if it's a city worker, but it definitely seems like he's purposefully pushing the snow onto the cars, and by proxy, onto our weary, frigid hearts.
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Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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