Tonight, as part of the BAM 150 series, composer Steve Reich johns WNYC’s John Schaefer for a conversation looking back on a lifetime of avant-garde music making.
Fusco shot for the entire eight hours it took for the train to make the usually four-hour journey. Hundreds of thousands of people lined the tracks, in huge crowds, small groups, and alone.
There is always much complaining about how hard it is to fire city workers when they misbehave, thanks to union rules that handcuff managers. But all other agencies are in the minor leagues compared with the city's elections board.