{"id":49370,"date":"2021-12-20T09:54:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T14:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=49370"},"modified":"2021-12-20T10:04:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T15:04:35","slug":"pandemic-ghosts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2021\/12\/pandemic-ghosts.html","title":{"rendered":"Pandemic Ghosts?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>No. But<\/em> <em>they might as well be. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/across-fifth-ave-from-the-NYPL-crpd-750.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"957\" data-attachment-id=\"49369\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/across-fifth-ave-from-the-nypl-crpd-750\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/across-fifth-ave-from-the-NYPL-crpd-750.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"750,957\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6 Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1576162337&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0083333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"across fifth ave from the NYPL crpd (750)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/across-fifth-ave-from-the-NYPL-crpd-750-235x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/across-fifth-ave-from-the-NYPL-crpd-750.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/across-fifth-ave-from-the-NYPL-crpd-750.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49369\" title=\"Photo: JH\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/across-fifth-ave-from-the-NYPL-crpd-750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/across-fifth-ave-from-the-NYPL-crpd-750-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Not long before the pandemic this was the artwork at the entryway to a pub on Fifth Avenue located directly across the street from the entrance to the main branch of the New York Public Library, famed for its vast holdings and archival collections. Like many enterprises here in the city, the pub is now gone. So is the artwork. It\u2019s reassuring to report, however, that the library and its holdings are still there.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not long before the pandemic this was the artwork at the entryway to a pub on Fifth Avenue located directly across the street from the entrance to the main branch of the New York Public Library, famed for its vast holdings and archival collections. Like many enterprises here in the city, the pub is now gone. So is the artwork. It\u2019s reassuring to report, however, that the library and its holdings are still there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":49369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19,4,23,17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-49370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-art","8":"category-main","9":"category-news","10":"category-political-culture","11":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/across-fifth-ave-from-the-NYPL-crpd-750.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbvgEs-cQi","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49370"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49415,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49370\/revisions\/49415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}