2 nov 2012

in the aftermath of superstorm sandy, i have become curious about staten island. they're calling it the forgotten island and i thought that was just because of the difficulty the residents are having getting help cleaning up after the superstorm, but it turns out, the moniker's nothing new. staten island has apparently been a sort of step-child all its life. in my limited research, i learned that the island was once... well, not too long ago really... farmland. like - real farmland. i am certain that before the invention of refrigerated trucks in the early 1950s, the food had to be cultivated a lot closer to the consumer than it is now.

my, how the world has changed.