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SUMMARY:Word Up: Robert Snyder's WHEN THE CITY STOPPED with Led Black and Dave Crenshaw
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, December 6\, 2025 – 4:00pm to 5:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWord Up Community Bookshop / Librería Comunitaria\n2113 Amsterdam Ave. & 165th St.\n\nNew York\, NY 10032\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nWord Up welcomes Manhattan Borough Historian Robert W. Snyder to discuss When the City Stopped: Stories from New York’s Essential Workers with Uptown civic leaders Led Black and Dave Crenshaw. \n“The real-life experiences of New Yorkers during the COVID-19 outbreak are at the heart of this collection of as-told-to stories. Snyder highlights the actions\, big and small\, that people took to help the city survive\, including medical personnel who collaborated across hospitals to find health-care solutions\, and bus drivers who stayed on their routes.” —The New Yorker \nThis event is a $5 suggested donation ticket with 30 max attendees. Please register in advance. \nIn compliance with Word Up Community Safety guidelines\, all attendees for this event must wear a mask inside. \nWord Up Community Bookshop is located at 2113 Amsterdam Ave. (& 165th St.) in Washington Heights\, NYC. You can take the 1 train to 168th St and the A/C train to 163rd or 168th  St. \nABOUT THE BOOK\nIn When the City Stopped\, Robert Snyder tells the story of COVID-19 in the words of ordinary New Yorkers\, illuminating the fear and uncertainty of life in the early weeks and months\, as well as the solidarity that sustained the city. New Yorkers were “alone together\,” separated by the protective measures of social distancing and the fundamental inequalities of life and work in New York City. Through their personal accounts\, we see that while many worked from home\, others knowingly exposed themselves to the dangers of the pandemic as they drove buses\, ran subways\, answered 911 calls\, tended to the sick\, and made and delivered meals. \nSnyder builds bridges of knowledge and empathy between those who bore dangerous burdens and those who lived in relative safety. The story is told through the words of health care workers\, grocery clerks\, transit workers\, and community activists who recount their experiences in poems\, first-person narratives\, and interviews. When the City Stopped preserves for future generations what it was like to be in New York when it was at the center of the pandemic. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nRobert W. Snyder is Manhattan Borough Historian and professor emeritus of American Studies and Journalism at Rutgers University. His books include Crossing Broadway and Transit Talk.
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LOCATION:Word Up Community Bookshop\, 2113 Amsterdam Ave at 165th St.\, New York\, NY\, 10032\, United States
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