The MTA is uprooting Second Avenue as we know it with a new subway line, and I’ve had the unfortunate opportunity to experience firsthand the 24/7 jack-hammering and balance beam-sized sidewalks. To assuage UES residents, our beloved transit authorities have lined the chain link barriers with local business logos—lest we forget that life goes on during construction—and mass mailed a pathetic look-at-our-progress postcard.
So what was it that made me forget, if only for a minute, the fact that I live in a giant bore hole? The announcement of an 86th Street Shake Shack! Thank you, Danny Meyer and farewell for good, Wedding Diet.
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