Rain alters the usual use of the city.
Wet surfaces extend the presence of light.
Shop windows, street lamps, and temporary decorations overlap.
Shop windows, street lamps, and temporary decorations overlap.
People adapt their pace.
They pause under covers, adjust their paths, wait for short openings.
They pause under covers, adjust their paths, wait for short openings.
The public space contracts and expands with the weather.
Movement becomes intermittent, shared, provisional.
Movement becomes intermittent, shared, provisional.
The rain does not change the city.
It briefly alters distances, visibility, and the way people share space.
It briefly alters distances, visibility, and the way people share space.
