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NOTE 3 · SEP 17, 2026Broadway at 39th and 40th

A note from New York

The Runway Routine

I always walk by this part of Broadway. Actually, anytime I'm going up and down Manhattan, I usually try to walk through Broadway, for two reasons:

  • In my analytical mind, I'm always walking the hypotenuse, so it would always be faster.
  • Broadway has such a vibe. Some parts of it is closed only for pedestrians, and others you end up seeing something new.

I don't remember the exact day it was. But it was a really big summer day, sunny and with tons of people on the street. The day that they started painting The Runway Routine: it is this colorful path on the ground that has a lot of flowers and personality.

I was in the day they started, and I came by in another day when they were opening it.

There's a inner feeling. Like from your inner child. When you would see a hopscotch in the ground, and you must jump over it. This feeling of interacting and having something fun, over something that's pretty normal: the ground.

Every time I went by this section, I was reminded of that feeling and ended up walking on The Runway Routine, like it was the routine that never finished from my inner child.

Thiago Augusto

The Runway Routine, a 200-foot mural by Patricia Cazorla & Nancy Saleme.

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