In December 1948, a blizzard (remember those?) covered New York in almost 20 inches of white powder. An army of more than 18,000 men shoveled and plowed the snow as it fell all night.
They must have done a good job, because incredibly, city schools were all open the next morning.
But they didn’t clear away the snow from the two library lions, Patience and Fortitude, who have been guarding the main entrance of the New York Public Library since 1911.
They look lovely blanketed in snow.
Ephemeral New York 