I work as a plumber (in training) and I’m always surprised by how old a lot of the water system piping in the city is. Every week I find some piping that’s over a century old or somewhere close; every single building in the city seems to have old piping, but our neighbors on the periphery are not a priority. I’m located in the BX but never work in the BX — why? It’s always rich people’s downtown or Brooklyn apartments and buildings. I almost didn’t hear about the Webster break. Could’ve come and gone.
I’m reminded by your piece how much we really are on the periphery of the city and our infrastructure shows us on the daily in ways much smaller than flooding, though this was really bad. ✊🏼
I work as a plumber (in training) and I’m always surprised by how old a lot of the water system piping in the city is. Every week I find some piping that’s over a century old or somewhere close; every single building in the city seems to have old piping, but our neighbors on the periphery are not a priority. I’m located in the BX but never work in the BX — why? It’s always rich people’s downtown or Brooklyn apartments and buildings. I almost didn’t hear about the Webster break. Could’ve come and gone.
I’m reminded by your piece how much we really are on the periphery of the city and our infrastructure shows us on the daily in ways much smaller than flooding, though this was really bad. ✊🏼