Street Recovery
Weeks after the catastrophe, workers in heavy boots and dungarees blast streets with saltwater hoses, creating diluted brown rivers flowing into gutters. A horse-drawn wagon loaded with sand barrels deposits grit onto the cobblestones, while volunteers in headscarves and aprons scrub brick walls. The cold, diffuse light highlights the bleak textures of waterlogged wood, corroded metal, and dried molasses.

