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Window Pain
Posted On Sunday April 30, 2006 By Sarah
For many years, three of my five windows looked out over many blocks of lower east side rooftops. I loved the view. The building right behind mine (and towards which I face) was a single story, as were the buildings in front of it, and so I had distance, I could see all the way to the projects, quite a few blocks east of me. Mostly I saw sky.
Then a new building was built where the single story building was before, and now I see that building out my windows. I think that is the saddest thing in my house, the view that is no longer.
Tags: construction, loss, view, window
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