Imagining a Monument to an Unimaginable Number of Covid Deaths

November 9, 2022Posted inAcquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Culture, Funerals and Memorials, Lin, Maya, Monuments and Memorials (Structures), Museums, National Mall (Washington, DC), National September 11 Memorial and Museum, wintertravel2022
In cities, especially, monuments have become not just an artistic genre unto themselves but evanescent, ever-evolving tributes to those we lost — and continue to lose.

Former M.L.B. Pitcher Turned Police Officer Killed in Car Crash

September 11, 2022Posted inAtlanta Braves, Deaths (Fatalities), Hudson County (NJ), Major League Baseball, Manhattan (NYC), National September 11 Memorial and Museum, New Jersey Turnpike, Plazas, Henry A., Police, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, September 11 (2001), Staten Island (NYC), Varvaro, Anthony
Anthony Varvaro, 37, was driving to a Sept. 11 commemoration in Manhattan when he was in a crash with a person driving the wrong way, the authorities said. Both were killed.