Window 89 【2025-2027】

Before I left that apartment (rent hike, of course), I took a photo through Window 89 one last time. The frame is slightly warped, the screen torn in the lower right corner. In the picture, a single cloud hangs over the water tower like a comma—a sentence unfinished.

Do you have a window that changed you? A bus seat? A park bench? Drop it in the comments. I think we all have an 89 somewhere. Enjoyed this? Subscribe for more essays on small places and big feelings. window 89

If you’ve never had a window that became a character in your life, you might not understand. But if you have—you already know which one I’m talking about. Before I left that apartment (rent hike, of

There’s a specific kind of silence that only exists before sunrise in a city that never sleeps. I first heard it on a Tuesday morning in late October, standing at Window 89. Do you have a window that changed you