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East Village Photos Du Jour: The Maginot Line
Filed under: 10003, Culture War, East Village, East Village Manhattan, Street Justice
Although located in the East Village, I am certain plenty of folks on this side of the East River (especially those who reside in Williamsburg and along Franklin Street) can relate to what is being attempted here: a cordon sanitaire so folks who reside in the adjacent building do not have ingress and egress precluded by patrons of the establishment next door.
Sadly, it appears to be about as effective as its namesake.
Update, June 29th: I stand corrected! A fellow named Robert writes:
Your posts are usually on the money. This post:Is totally wrong, sadly; It’s not a resident line, or anything; Abraço opened up a little 2nd market store, roughly 6 doors down: the pink line is in fact a number of arrows leading their customers down the street.(I was there yesterday)
The Word On The Street: Welcome to Jerklyn
Filed under: 11211, 11249, Culture War, GENIUS, Gentrification, Stuff That Makes Miss Heather Happy, The Natives Are Getting Restless, The Word On The Street, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
Taken June 20, 2014.
The Word On The Street, Part II: Queens Boulevard
Filed under: 11104, Culture War, Sunnyside, Sunnyside Queens, The Natives Are Getting Restless, The Word On The Street
Taken May 30, 2014.
Crosstown Local Photos Du Jour: G is for…
Filed under: 11222, Crosstown Local, Culture War, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, The Natives Are Getting Restless, The Word On The Street
Taken May 5, 2014.
The Word On The Street: Special East Village Edition
Filed under: 10003, 10009, Culture War, East Village, East Village Manhattan, Gentrification, The Word On The Street
Taken April 18, 2014.
New York Shitty Photos Du Jour: Good Friday Tidings From Union Square
Filed under: 10012, Culture War, Fuck This Shit, Gentrification, Greenwich Village, Greenwich Village Manhattan
Or: What is wrong with this picture?
Today the Mister took the day off and we opted to take a sojourn into “the city”. Our first stop was Union Square. There we saw a number of fascinating things. Follows are a few selections.
This young lady who— for reasons which do not need to be outlined— elicited a great deal of “interest”.
And this fellow, Felix Morelo, drawing faces (as he is known to do) with sidewalk chalk. They lead to the “Kissing Spot”.
Here he is giving yours truly a “thumbs up”.
And here he is getting a verbal reprimand from this public space’s rent-a-cops and parks staff. They were not amused.
It was explained to Mr. Morelo that he is not to engage in this (clearly) disruptive, destructive behavior because they would have to clean it up.
Once again, gentle readers: he was drawing a “Kissing Spot”. With sidewalk chalk. You want to know why yours truly dislikes public/private parks “partnerships”, gentle readers? You just saw it. Sure, the proponents this arrangement like to extol upon its financial benefits. However, there is a down-side to this kind of thing: “gate-keepers” are brought in to enforce “standards”— and those standards can (and often do) reach this level of utter absurdity. Sue Bee said it best:
Sidewalk chalk. Are you fucking kidding me?
New York Shitty Photo Du Jour: Oblivious
Filed under: 10003, Culture War, East Village, East Village Manhattan, New York City, Stuff The Makes Heather Sad
Taken April 5, 2014.
The Word On The Street, Part II: Ten Eyck Street
Filed under: 11206, Culture War, East Williamsburg, East Williamsburg Brooklyn, Gentrification, The Word On The Street
Taken February 20, 2014.
From The New York Shitty Inbox: (Words Fail Me)
This comes courtesy of an anonymous tipster who writes:
Really, we need a memo about this! Who are these parents?
Indeed. Then again if residents of the Viridian had to be advised not to let their dogs to crap in the indoor garden (and just this has come to pass) is this really surprising? No. It is not. Still it is as good as a reason as any to roll this out…
The Word On The Street: Times Nine
Filed under: 11211, Culture War, The Word On The Street, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
This vision can be found on North 4 Street Street. As you can see in the last photo, yours truly was not the only person who found this amusing. It rather reminds me of Beeteljuice. If calls his name three times, he will manifest. Here no less than nine solicitations have been employed— with considerably less success. Something which crossed my mind during my peregrinations today was how many vacant storefronts I saw. Invariably they were covered in graffiti. This leads one to wonder, perhaps, if these spaces were occupied this would mitigate the problem somewhat. Thus, it could be surmised that the rapaciousness of landlords can and does have a hand in the “graffiti epidemic” hereabouts— and, contrary to what the pillars of our community may believe: this is not simply a matter of vandalism for vandalism’s sake. Think about it.
Props/hat tip: goes out to Bitchcakes for bringing this to my attention!
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