In the tensions of living in the present time, it's easy to forget New York City's long history of disaster, recovery, growth, and innovation-the 1918-19 influenza epidemic, the seasonal threat of polio, the scourge of HIV-AIDS, and the current pandemic, all define the city's history. Other megacities of consequence should take note and take heart, especially Tokyo, which will be under the microscope in a new way as it prepares to host the Olympic Games in today's unprecedented environment. New York City's own history-when and why it has been pronounced "dead" during the last century-is instructive in and of itself. In fact, megacities around the world have been experiencing similar trends related not just to the novel coronavirus-climate change, natural disasters, population shifts, and transformations in business, infrastructure, and transportation will all shape the contours of the 21st century. And the true greatness that is New York City is beyond rare."
On August 24, 2020, in the dog days of the New York summer and at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, comedian Jerry Seinfeld wrote an op-ed for The New York Times titled "So You Think New York Is 'Dead' (It's not.)" The king is dead, long live the king! "Real, live, inspiring human energy exists when we coagulate together in crazy places like New York City," wrote Seinfeld.
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