Greenpoint
Lorven Pharmacy
Culture on the Cheap
From The New York Shitty Photo Pool: Twin Towers
Filed under: New York City
Taken by thoth1618.
From The New York Shitty Photo Pool, Part II: Pepe
Chris Arnade (who took the above portrait) writes:
Pepe was outside a corner bodega when I complemented him on his appearance. Eighty- five, a retired truck driver, he raised eight children in Bushwick. “The worst thing about being old is having to bury a child. I have done that three times. One was shot working the bodega, another passed from illness, and the third in the World Trade Center.”
New York Shitty Photo du Jour: Tribute In Light
Filed under: New York City
Taken by Gina Herold.
Williamsburg Photos du Jour: First Responders
Today as I was knocking I spied a wheat paste mural being erected to commemorate 9/11 on North 5th Street. Those of you who have the opportunity really should check it out.
Williamspoint Slide Show Du Jour: 2001-2004 B.C.
Filed under: 11211, 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Street Art, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
The above photograph is probably in some part responsible for motivating me to write about Greenpoint. Like most things in my life, it was an accident. I had shot a roll of film, then 9/11 happened. Not having the means to buy more film I rewound it, thus creating this double exposure of life on Manhattan Avenue juxtaposed with Manhattan going black.
I do not want to suggest that this photo set is dark. It isn’t. The Garden Spot of the Universe and the people who live here are resilient and vibrant. But it does make one wonder about how things have changed since these photographs were taken.
My favorite is this one, lest you are wondering.
Miss Heather
NYS Flickr Pool
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