*Sitting in the Rose Room in the New York Public Library, chilled by
over-powered air-conditioning. Arrived via the underground and walked from
Times Square, where people have reclaimed the streets from cars, but not the
future from mass-consumption, witness mile-high advertisements.*
The underground is hot and dirty, the streets are noisy, dusty and
distracting. The reading and wifi Rose
Room<http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/grd/rosemain.html> is
the largest room in the USA and the head-space, if not the Arctic air-con is
a welcome respite.