It’s strange to work in a touristy area. Work is a block from the New York Stock Exchange (building covered in patriotic clothing). You go outside for tea, go to and from work, and there are always tourists, slowing up traffic, pointing their cameras at the tall tall buildings. Sometimes after work, I’ll walk one block up to Federal Hall, sit on the steps and tourist watch.

This is the intersection of Wall and Nassau, which, up until 9/11, was the site of the most deadly (yet widely unknown) terrorist attack on US soil. (astia film)