The ability to sleep through this racket was the sign of a true New Yorker. The clank, clank, click-click-click, clank as the hot water replaced the cold in the pipes leading to the radiating units, followed by the phsssssssssssssssssssssssssssst, as the steam safety valves on the those units went into action protecting the tenants from the danger and inconvenience of exploding pipes. In the cold months of winter Manhattan apartments resonated with the clanky noises that accompanied the warmth provided by the hot-water radiators that were the common source of heat in most buildings. Squeezing the ‘Dickens’ out of Teddy and Tom
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