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From The New York Shitty Photo Pool, Part II: Season’s Greetings From Williamsburg
Filed under: 11211, 11249, Stuff That Makes Miss Heather Happy, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
Taken by Scoboco.
Greenpoint Photos Du Jour: Season’s Greetings From Noble Street
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Stuff That Makes Miss Heather Happy
Taken December 18, 2013.
New York Shitty Photo Du Jour: Franklin Street
Filed under: 11222, GENIUS, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Stuff That Makes Miss Heather Happy
Yeah, that ought to do the trick…
From The New York Shitty Inbox: Grand Street’s Second Annual Window Display Competition!
Filed under: 11206, 11211, Stuff That Makes Miss Heather Happy, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
The very nice lady who heads the Grand Street BID, Artineh Havan, writes:
Dear Miss Heather,
I hope that you are well and had a nice Thanksgiving. We are having our 2nd annual holiday window display competition next Saturday, December 14th from 1 to 4 pm. We hope you will mention it on your blog. If not, we totally understand.
We have asked high school art students to design holiday windows for 12 of our businesses and inviting the community to vote for their favorite.
To entice people to come to Grand Street we also have Santa walking around, free face painting and scavenger hunt for kids. We are also raffling off a $100 gift card for those who vote.
Below please find a little write up. I have attached our postcard for you, and this link to our website’s photo gallery shows a few samples from last year. We are very excited and cannot wait:
Due to last year’s successful event, the Grand Street BID has organized its 2nd annual window display competition. This year four schools—the Green School, The High School for Enterprise, Business and Technology, Progress High School, and the High School for Architecture and Design—are designing holiday windows for 12 businesses on Grand Street between Lorimer and Humboldt Streets in East Williamsburg.
The students will install the designs on Friday, December 13th, a day before the competition; and on Saturday, December 14th the community is invited to vote for their favorite window and be entered to win $100. The winning design students will also win a gift certificate to a local art store.
There will be free face painting at Café Chillo: 702 Grand Street; kids’ scavenger hunt and Santa on Grand Street as well as lots of specials and discounts.
The event this year is bigger than last, which had two schools and eight windows.
The goal is to promote our businesses by involving the community and showcasing students’ talents.
Thank you so much for your consideration, and I hope to see you on Grand Street.
Gladly posted— and thanks Artineh!
New York Shitty Photos Du Jour: 122 Meserole Avenue’s Amazing Technicolor Fence
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Stuff That Makes Miss Heather Happy
As this post intimates, yours truly loves to see old things rehabilitated and/or transformed into something “new”. One need only look at some of the new “architecture” hereabouts to illustrate my point. Newer is not always better. It may be easier and more lucrative, but the trade off is it is (more often than not) uglier as hammered dog shit. But this is not about ugly things or even dog shit. This is about something that brightened up my day in a serious way.
I present for your viewing pleasure the fence gracing the premises of 122 Meserole Avenue. I know what you’re thinking, gentle readers:
This does not look so awesome. What’s the big deal?
As is often the case with such nuggets of joy this is best enjoyed in person— still I will endeavor to convey the awesomeness.
Simply put, strips of plastic have been strung through this old-school chain-link fence creating a riot of color!
Perhaps the purpose of this project was utilitarian, e.g.; discouraging folks from chaining their bikes to said fence? Or not? Regardless, it is really not important.
Rather what is important is even the most mundane of things can, with some “vision”, creativity and good ol’ elbow grease, be turned into a thing of beauty that all can enjoy. What I love about this creation is its simplicity. Big things can come from “thinking small”. I give this creation two enthusiastic New York Shitty thumbs up!
Greenpoint Photos Du Jour: Something Neat!
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Stuff That Makes Miss Heather Happy
Today yours truly ran errands. More specifically: I ventured into today’s post-nasal drip to acquire ingredients for this upcoming Thanksgiving’s meal. While the weather was hardly enjoyable, I spied a number of things which tickled my fancy during my peregrinations. This (which can be found on Leonard Street at Greenpoint Avenue) was one of them. One has to admire the whimsy and ingenuity at play. A number of items have been “re-purposed” to make this creation, among them: lamp shades, cans and a malt liquor bottle to name a few. I would be remiss if I did not point out the Zywiec cartons crafted into fins. Well done, fellow Greenpointer!
New York Shitty Street Art Du Jour: Collaboration
Filed under: 10012, Greenwich Village, Greenwich Village Manhattan, Street Art, Stuff That Makes Miss Heather Happy
![While pasting up the face, a homeless gentleman decided we should collaborate and covered the figure to the right. "Make [street art.]" (14th St & 6th Ave; uptown F/M/L)](https://i0.wp.com/farm8.staticflickr.com/7457/10968593166_0e35c16553_c.jpg?resize=600%2C800)
Jilly Ballistic (whose photo this is) writes:
While pasting up the face, a homeless gentleman decided we should collaborate and covered the figure to the left. “Make [street art.]” (14th St & 6th Ave; uptown F/M/L)…
From The New York Shitty Inbox: 2nd Annual Big BK Toy Drive
Filed under: 11211, 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Stuff That Makes Miss Heather Happy, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
Another holiday season is upon us and with it our friends at the East River Ferry and Red Star are bringing back the Big Brooklyn Toy Drive! Any and all interested in being a drop-off location or perhaps donating a prize please contact Franny, the very nice lady coordinating this endeavor, via email at: franny(at)eastriverferry(dot)com— and spread the word!
Thanks!
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