{"id":55027,"date":"2023-01-22T19:01:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T00:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=55027"},"modified":"2023-01-24T08:31:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T13:31:20","slug":"are-we-past-those-pandemic-ghosts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2023\/01\/are-we-past-those-pandemic-ghosts.html","title":{"rendered":"Are We Past Those Pandemic Ghosts?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Yes. But are we past the pandemic?.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>A pub directly across the street from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/New+York+Public+Library+-+Stephen+A.+Schwarzman+Building\/@40.7531823,-73.9844421,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c2590099a8a8a9:0x3b51df6e509a734c!8m2!3d40.7531823!4d-73.9822534\">main branch of the New York Public Library<\/a> has replaced the pub that was shuttered there during the pandemic. Doorway artwork now invites the &#8220;thirsty&#8221; in for a drink, replacing the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2021\/12\/pandemic-ghosts.html\">two ghostly figure<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2021\/12\/pandemic-ghosts.html\">s<\/a> seen there previously. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/pandemic-ghosts-replaced-enh640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"55070\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/pandemic-ghosts-replaced-enh640\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/pandemic-ghosts-replaced-enh640.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,852\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/pandemic-ghosts-replaced-enh640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/pandemic-ghosts-replaced-enh640-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"1\"><em>foto: jh<\/em><\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2021\/12\/pandemic-ghosts.html\">Previously \u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ghosts-640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"55073\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/ghosts-640\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ghosts-640.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,817\" 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=\"ghosts (640)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ghosts-640-235x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ghosts-640.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ghosts-640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55073\" width=\"566\" height=\"723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ghosts-640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ghosts-640-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><font size=\"1\">foto: jh<\/font><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>The ghostly figures that linger in memory.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NYPL-schwartzman-640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"55267\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/nypl-schwartzman-640\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NYPL-schwartzman-640.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,455\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NYPL-schwarzman (640)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NYPL-schwartzman-640-300x213.jpg\" 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Doorway artwork now invites the &#8220;thirsty&#8221; in for a drink, replacing the two ghostly figures seen there previously. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":55026,"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":[19,23,17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-55027","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-art","8":"category-news","9":"category-political-culture","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/pandemic-ghosts-replaced-enh750.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbvgEs-ejx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55027","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=55027"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55283,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55027\/revisions\/55283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}