In 1969, Life magazine captured both the energy and the misery of a hot summer day in the city.
A couple take in each other and not the view, on the Staten Island Ferry,
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Young woman on her way to work?
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Aww... I wonder if they are still friends?
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Commuters getting a brief moment of relief as they exit a hot subway station.
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