The reason old NYC buildings have radiators that are so hot, you need to open a window to let in the winter air, is because they were purposely designed that wa

The reason old NYC buildings have radiators that are so hot, you need to open a window to let in the winter air, is because they were purposely designed that way. Because of the 1918 flu pandemic.[0] Also, there are a bunch of things that we consider normal that were born of crisis: [1] [0] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-05/the-curious-history-of-steam-heat-and-pandemics https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-05/the-curio... [1] https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/war-famine-pestilence-and-design/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/war-famine-pestilence...