The Nature of Blowing Up

What goes up, must come down

A few weeks ago, a friend and I were riding our bikes up Kent Avenue in Williamsburg. There were swaths of young people walking towards Domino Park or heading back to shop along the beloved Bedford Avenue (or even at the new Hermés that just opened up in Williamsburg).

The crowds were so large that the sidewalk couldn’t contain them. The pedestrians tric…