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Photos From 1911 Show New York Struggling in Deadly Heatwave
It is getting hot. Depending on where you are in the world, it could be as high as 100 degrees Fahrenheit -- the same temperature it got to in New York City in 1911.
It is getting hot. Depending on where you are in the world, it could be as high as 100 degrees Fahrenheit -- the same temperature it got to in New York City in 1911.
The Vivian Maier exhibition currently on at Fotografiska New York will be the museum's final show before it closes.
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Police in New York have begun encrypting their radios -- denying photographers, sometimes known as nightcrawlers, the opportunity to arrive early at a crime scene.
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