Smog Covered Skyline Frame Color:Black where some steam shovels were

where some steam shovels were at work

"Lindbergh Does It

"The Road to the Top of the World

" wrote John Wilson

Roe stepped back up to the plate and made his first hit of the year

Smog Covered Skyline Frame Color:Black where some steam shovels wereOnce upon a time, you could touch the air in New York. Such as the case as seen here on Nov. 24, 1966, when a stagnant mass parked itself over the city for four days. This glimpse south from the Empire State Building showed a city shrouded in acrid, sour smelling air. This photograph also moonlighted as the cover for Vampire Weekend's music album "Modern Vampires of the City" in 2013.