Posted by Gregg at 01:40 PM in Thoughts For a few years from the late 80's through early 90's I lived in SOHO on Thompson Street. One of my most memorable visuals was how the towers of the WTC loomed over the neighborhood -- they looked even more enormous in contrast to the low rise, homogeneous skyline of SOHO. Today, looking for a way to privately commemorate 9/11 I walked over the corner of W. Broadway and Spring. It's just a short walk from my office so I arrived at about 8:45. It looked like a typical weekday morning, a thin but steady stream of people headed to work, people just walking by unaware of the significance of the time or location. But, when I looked across the street there was a man about my age gazing south in the direction where the towers were. A few minutes later the man left and a woman took his place. I walked back to my office - maybe someone came and took my place. I don't think anyone else noticed what we were doing and I think that's a good thing -- I can't imagine anyone in this city that doesn't understand the significance of today but I'm glad the world didn't stop at 8:46 either. I hope those more directly affected than I can someday feel the same way.

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