ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「The New York City ferries that provide free passage between Staten Island and Lower Manhattan are often christened with the names of notable Staten Islanders. The newest addition to the fleet is named for Dorothy Day, a journalist, reformer, anarchist, peace activist, Roman Catholic convert, and potential saint the Vatican has declared her a “servant of God,” an initial step toward canonization). She is buried on Staten Island, where her religious conversion took place. Last month’s celebration of the Dorothy Day’s inaugural run included city officials and Catholic clerics and pacifists. The large gathering at St. George Terminal on Staten Island included a speech by the city’s transportation commissioner, Ydanis Rodriguez, in which he emphasized that Day’s call to treat every human being with “dignity and respect” included immigrants and workers. For the inaugural trip, dozens of tourists secured positions on the ferry's upper and middle decks, vying for the best views of the Statue of Liberty, still only a copper-green smudge in the distance. But on the lower deck, regulars seemed to have taken their places on benches. Some nodded off, some studied their cellphones, and some lost themselves in the mesmerizing waters — just as Day once did. “The sky and water is so lovely in all its moods that I often find myself just thinking, and thinking ‘to the point’ on what has been going on down below the surface of my mind,” Day wrote about one ferry ride she took in 1950. Tap the link in our bio to enjoy the ride on the Dorothy Day ferry and to learn more about the woman for which it was named. Photos by @heislerphoto」5月23日 22時02分