Art
In the early 2000s, millions of New Yorkers still lived in tenements—crowded apartment buildings with minimal cooling. Summer heat turned these homes into ovens, forcing families outdoors to fire escapes, stoops, and streets just to survive the night.
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It's ninety-five degrees at midnight. You lie on a thin mattress in a room the size of a closet, sweat pooling on your skin. Outside your window, someone's radio plays from a fire escape. Downstairs, kids are still awake, laughing on the front steps—anywhere is cooler than inside.
Reflect
How do you cool off when it's too hot? Where do you go, and who do you go with?