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The Upper West Side Version of a Data Center

September 20, 2026 | 8:17 AM
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By Gary Martin

Gary B. Martin is an illustrator and animator who has lived on the Upper West Side for more than 30 years. His illustrations appear in the Rag on Sundays, chronicling life in the neighborhood, New York City, and the Universe. See them all here. For a broader range of Gary’s work, including animations and other motion graphics, please visit www.martoons.com

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Amy
Amy
2 hours ago

Amen to that!😄 More power to the lions!

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Alice
Alice
2 hours ago

I love the NYPLs

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Mark
Mark
2 hours ago

Best kind of data center EVER!

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Ken
Ken
2 hours ago

Good One! – That will even pass the Governor’s Review Process!

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Bill Given
Bill Given
2 hours ago

Bringing life back to its simplest form makes it all the easier. Thanks, Gary.

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Mary McCarthy
Mary McCarthy
1 hour ago

“Artificial intelligence is likely to be either the best or worst thing to happen to humanity.” — Stephen Hawking

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Rosie
Rosie
1 hour ago

In the land before time, before AI, you could trust the information you got from your local library and from the ultimate heroes of the data revolution — librarians! They’re never give the credit they’re due! Keep libraries! Lose data centers!

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Therese Case
Therese Case
1 hour ago

Totally agree!

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SusiQW
SusiQW
1 hour ago

Hear, hear!💯

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Edith
Edith
38 minutes ago

Hear hear!

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