Straw Hat Day NYT Books Kennedy Bridge in 2008

Kennedy Bridge in 2008

the worst since the Thirties

It echoed and rolled on the lonely waters

457 stones on the facade and replacing missing pieces

Within the next five or six years

Straw Hat Day NYT Books Kennedy Bridge in 2008On July 2, 1921, one of our photographers captured this group of 10,000 men in straw hats gathered in Times Square to listen to updates on a prize fight. In those days, straw hats were a go to summertime accessory. But wearing one after the somewhat arbitrary date of Sept. 15 was considered a fashion faux pas. "Beware! The 15th falls on Tuesday next and after that mystic notch in the calendar has been passed men may continue to wear straw hats at