Streetsblog Op-Ed: In New York, Performance Must Be Everywhere

By Justin Krebs

New Yorkers want — and need — to make noise, to be heard, to feel a connection to each other… And all of that is what the arts — both in a pandemic and in “normal” times — offers our society and our city. During a year of social distancing, the loss of most live performance is a true tragedy — and the resurrection of it spontaneously and haphazardly in the public spaces we can seize for it has been a welcome blessing.