Our connection to the past floods the present moment when a memory kicks in. Your very own nostalgia takes you by surprise when reacquainted with an old familiar moment.

 

Many things pass through our hands daily for a little less than a second before we discard its existence. New York has a way of wearing down these everyday objects, while imprinting the city onto each one.

 

Here is a bigger look at what you may have come across on your average day while living in New York over the past couple of decades. In your pocket, on the ground, at the restaurant, or something you glanced at on your way to work.