Greenpoint
Lorven Pharmacy
Culture on the Cheap
New York Shitty Day Ender: Love, Life & Death At Lorimer Street
Who says true love cannot be found on the L train!
Miss Heather
Spotted Waiting For The B62: (Priceless)
Filed under: 10014, 11222, Bum Shit, Crosstown Local, Culture War, Dung of the Day, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Manhattan, New York City, Other Shit, Subway
Contrary to what some might think yours truly exercises some semblance of ethics when photographing people on the street. It is neither my purpose nor my desire to laugh at people. Which brings me to this.
I cannot tell a lie: I had a lot of trouble suppressing a chuckle.
But given the rather, um, copious notices I spied when exiting the Crosstown Local at India Street this afternoon can you blame a man (or woman) for being dazed and confused— or dare I say: possibly a wee bit pissed off— by our mass transit system? This is the real Greenpoint, folks— and don’t you forget it!
Fortunately there are intrepid souls who see fit— quite literally— to cut the crap.
CASE IN POINT: the Spring Street station in SoHo.*
Miss Heather
*Yes, that is a pile of human feces peeking out from under this flier-cum-asswipe.
From The New York Shitty Inbox: Happy Hanukkah From The MTA!
Not really—- but I thought this subway themed greeting card (as brought to my attention by my buddy Dreidel Hustler) was too cool NOT to resist posting. Hell, it even includes the Crosstown Local! Or part of what is left of it, anyway. If I had one criticism of this card it would be this: they forgot the manifold and baroque service suspensions for the aforementioned “line” on weekends. In any case, you purchase ’em in packs of six by clicking here!
Miss Heather
Quicklink: YRU On My Train?
Props go out to Subway Art Blog for spotting this gem. He writes:
What could possibly drive two aspiring actresses to start interviewing strangers in the subway? Sheer curiosity.
Why Are You on My Train? is a video blog by Alli Goldberg and Jen Jamula. Both of them moved to New York to pursue their acting careers after graduating from Yale’s theater department, but found themselves doing something they never expected. “Our blog was partly born out of riding the subway to and from auditions and a) wondering who the people were around us and b) wanting to engage,” explained Jen…
You can read the rest over at Subway Art Blog. Check it out!
In the meantime here’s a choice morsel:
Psychics, Astronauts and Rappers from whyareyouonmytrain on Vimeo.
I can only hope I meet these ladies and tell them my tales. Provided of course the G train is actually running.
Miss Heather
L Train Photos Du Jour: Home Sweet Home
From the 8th Avenue bound platform at Lorimer Street.
Miss Heather
From The New York Shitty Photo Pool: The Xylopholks
Kiminnyc (who took the above photograph at Columbus Circle) writes:
They looked extremely hot, but were making lots of money, so kept at it.
Miss Heather
From The New York Shitty Photo Pool, Part II: NY Shitty
I arrived home today from my not-completely successful stint as tour guide more than a little bit tired. I was BEAT. Cracking open a nice cold Budweiser and finding this in my photo pool (which comes courtesy of amolho4) well, made me smile. Love it!!!
Miss Heather
From The New York Shitty Photo Pool: Escape
This nifty shot comes courtesy of the newest member of my photo pool: drbooks!
Miss Heather
NYS Flickr Pool
You must be logged in to post a comment.