Today is a special day on this little island.
A few times a year the sun sets and rises in perfect alignment with the Manhattan street grid system.
This means that the sun sets at the vanishing point of the streets. If you go to the end of one of the long cross-island (east-west) streets (14th, 23rd, 34th, 42nd, 57th) you can watch the sun slip between the buildings to the horizon.
The sun doesn't set until 8.20pm now so we're going to miss it as we head out of the city for a secret weekend away. Apparently is happens again on Jul 12 so I'll pencil in some sunsetwatching for then.
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