Perhaps it’s my proclivity for academic pursuits, but I always count the new year as the start of the fall term in September as opposed to the end of calendar in January.

As summer simmers to a halt, and memories of camp fires and crab bites give way to school supply lists, I happened upon this discarded photo series on the corner of E 4th Street and Bowery.

It’s dated September 2013, and the memories belong to someone else. I wonder if the kids pictured are still in touch.