David Lang Turned Remote Learning Into a Song

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( friday, march 19 THE COVID MEMORIAL PROJECT [David Lang Turned Remote Learning Into a Song]( Part 11 of 15 proposals to help us remember the pandemic’s toll. Photo: Courtesy of David Lang When we went remote, maybe a quarter of the parents hadn’t used a computer before. I was on the phone with them four or five hours a day, trying to figure out lots of different issues — not just technology issues, but also talking about health and food and making sure everybody was safe. One mother was nervous about everything, and she and her daughter barely went out. They were in the bedroom together, dealing with the anxiety of being stuck at home. I tried to convince the mom to bring her child outside. That conversation was tough. Later, she sent me a video of them in the park throwing a ball, and it made me feel good but also sad that just going out to the park was so difficult now. I wanted to make the parents feel a little safer, but I really didn’t feel safe myself. [Continue reading »]( Never miss a story from Curbed: [Subscribe now.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [We Unearthed the 38 Best Rent Deals in NYC Right Now This week, we found a rent-stabilized Upper East Side apartment, plus several large one-bedrooms under $2,000 in Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights, and more.]( By Jenny Xie and Katy Schneider [Everything We Know About the Sweeping New Housing Discrimination Lawsuit “Not a hope in hell”: Eighty-eight brokers and landlords are caught on tape rejecting housing vouchers.]( [Floating Canopies That Bring Theater Everywhere, by Tommy Yang and Mark Gardner Part 9 of 15 proposals to help us remember the pandemic’s toll.]( [David Rockwell Wants Us to Never Forget Their Faces Part 10 of 15 proposals to help us remember the pandemic’s toll.]( By Wendy Goodman [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( [Subscribe to New York]( [Subscribe to New York]( Getunlimited access]( more great stories from New York, home of Intelligencer, the Cut, Vulture, Curbed, Grub Street, and the Strategist. [SUBSCRIBE NOW]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=curbed) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on e-mail newsletters please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 11th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2021, All rights reserved