In recent summers, Hell’s Kitchen residents and New Yorkers have watched their glass towers turn into lanternfly landing pads.
Spotted lanternflies have become an annual fixture of summer in NYC. Photo: Phil O’Brien
They’ve swarmed the revolving doors and they’ve clustered high up on apartment windows and balcony ledges. They’ve gathered in crunchy piles underfoot along the West Side’s newer steel-and-glass blocks, turning a summer walk into a stomping reflex.
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Publisher & Editor Phil O’Brien is an entrepreneur and journalist. As an international photojournalist, he photographed Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, Princess Diana and many others. He built a successful international sports photography agency, EMPICS, that was Getty Images’ major competitor in Europe when it sold. He founded a children’s charity in the UK that has helped young people through sport for over 15 years. Phil has lived in New York since 2012. He founded W42ST in 2014.