He sensation is comparable to the Epiphany that Adolf Loos, the Viennese architect, experienced when he stepped off a steamship in New York Harbor more than a century ago.

这种感觉好比是阿道夫·卢斯，维也纳建筑师，当他一个世纪前在纽约港他出蒸汽船那一刻经历的一样。

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Two decades ago the harbor was filthy with pollution from factories.

二十年前海港有工厂的污染与肮脏。

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Thirty years ago, lobsters flourished around the sewage dumped at the edge of the harbor.

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