{"id":555747,"date":"2026-01-31T07:02:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T07:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/555747\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T07:02:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T07:02:35","slug":"the-hudson-is-freezing-over-heres-how-the-ferries-are-still-moving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/555747\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hudson Is Freezing Over \u2014 Here\u2019s How the Ferries Are Still Moving"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday afternoon, we sent W42ST photographer David Gray into a deep freeze: he got on a boat. With the city-run NYC Ferry still shut down because of heavy ice in the East River, the Hudson, and New York Harbor, Gray headed to the Midtown terminal to see what was still moving. <\/p>\n

\"NYAn NY Waterway ferry follows a tugboat into the Midtown terminal. Photo: David Gray<\/p>\n

NY Waterway crossings continued, but its social media posts mentioned delays. From Hell\u2019s Kitchen, the Hudson looked almost set in place \u2014 a pale, cracked field stretching toward New Jersey. Out on the water, it became a surreal winter tableau: loose sheets of ice bumping and turning in the current, the skyline sharp beyond it, like the city dropped into a snow globe.<\/p>\n

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David Gray is a New York street photographer. He\u2019s not the drop-in, grab-a-frame type: Gray works by walking Manhattan \u2014 often five to 10 miles a day \u2014 letting the city reveal itself in small, unscripted moments. That long-haul approach helped fuel his sold-out book “Wait For It”, a love letter to New York built around light, shadow and sharp timing.<\/p>\n

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