New Museum Bowery
Thursday, August 28th, 2008I haven’t been able to persuade myself to visit my neighborhood museum. It could be that it looks too much like a refrigerator, especially with that rainbow refrigerator magnet out front. If they were going for that, they should have gone whole hog with school lunch schedule, crayon drawings and baby pictures. And their website left me completely uninterested in any of the art. A taxidermied headless horse hung by it’s neck, a perverse trophy on the wall, yikes! But it must have a great view, and I feel compelled to get some shots from up there.
This neighborhood was once dominated by new and used commercial kitchen equipment stores. Now only a few remain. The big show was always the messy sidewalk cleaning of used stoves, removing years of carbonized meat fats, using god-knows-what sorts of solvents hosed down the storm drains. The unenviable job employed the homeless,staying in the nearby Bowery flophouses.
Crane Barge – East River Park
Thursday, August 28th, 2008
This crane barge was active at dawn, but the progress in restoring public access to the waterside in the East River Park is glacial.
I wonder how they keep the barge steady enough to support such a long lever arm. I suppose anchors towards the river and some sort of rigid extension on shore. But I couldn’t get close enough to see, I’m shooting through a chain-link fence.
The park was lovely, cool and quiet at that time of the morning. At least it was until the three traffic helicopters parked overhead. They are so annoying, especially when they are parked over my apartment.
This Can’t Possibly be Orchard Street
Thursday, August 28th, 2008
The Earthmen have landed and are terraforming the Lower East Side.
Playground Seals at Sunrise
Thursday, August 28th, 2008Dennis Kucinich – Wake Up America
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At the DNC
Biden Addresses the DNC
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Via Jen Chung’s coverage on the Gothamist




