New York Traffic free Manhattan transformed into winter playground
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NEW YORK: An otherworldly quiet descended over the streets of Manhattan on Saturday as a muffling blanket of snow and a complete ban on private vehicles transformed a city renowned for its bustle and horn-blaring traffic into a tranquil pedestrian mall.
As a blizzard that seemed destined for the record books intensified, officials closed all bridges and tunnels into New York and banned all but emergency vehicles from its roads. Soon the city emptied of traffic except for a few straggling taxis and a trickle of drivers who defied the order.
The void was quickly filled as tourists bundled against the driving snow and wandered through intersections, taking selfies on their smartphones, making snow angels in the snow drifts of Times Square and huddling in coffee shops to warm themselves.
"I'm never leaving," a little girl playing in a snowbank in Times Square exclaimed.
Residents took to the streets as well, many of them venturing into the white expanses of Central Park to build snowmen or indulge in good-natured snowball fights.
Except for the chatter of the merry-makers, the primary sounds of the streets were snow shovels striking pavement, the occasional police car siren and the hum of snow blowers.
A young man, wearing pants, shoes and nothing else, got cheers from the crowd in Times Square as he rode a bicycle down Seventh Avenue, holding a selfie stick to record his ride.
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