Comments on: Day of the Dead http://gammablog.com/2008/11/08/day-of-the-dead/ NYC Street Art, Architecture from the East Village Thu, 24 May 2012 10:15:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Flickr: Irene Rx (aka Irena Kittenclaw) http://gammablog.com/2008/11/08/day-of-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-20971 Flickr: Irene Rx (aka Irena Kittenclaw) Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:50:55 +0000 http://gammablog.com/?p=4598#comment-20971 Oops, I just re-read what you wrote. I see, the young ones are in the back schoolyard, I guess...Well that certainly makes it better, but still - the older kids seemed a bit weirded out about it too... Oops, I just re-read what you wrote. I see, the young ones are in the back schoolyard, I guess…Well that certainly makes it better, but still – the older kids seemed a bit weirded out about it too…

]]> By: Flickr: Irene Rx (aka Irena Kittenclaw) http://gammablog.com/2008/11/08/day-of-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-20970 Flickr: Irene Rx (aka Irena Kittenclaw) Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:49:42 +0000 http://gammablog.com/?p=4598#comment-20970 Yeah, but the kids are not thinking about safety. They're thinking about death, a concept that I'm sure a lot of them haven't thought about yet, and which, let's face it, can be hard to explain to a 5-year-old. It scares a lot of kids, I think. And yes, they play elsewhere, but when I was taking my photo several of the older kids (like 9 or 10 years old, I'd guess) came to that part of the gate and were asking questions. Yeah, but the kids are not thinking about safety. They’re thinking about death, a concept that I’m sure a lot of them haven’t thought about yet, and which, let’s face it, can be hard to explain to a 5-year-old. It scares a lot of kids, I think.

And yes, they play elsewhere, but when I was taking my photo several of the older kids (like 9 or 10 years old, I’d guess) came to that part of the gate and were asking questions.

]]> By: Flickr: GammaBlog http://gammablog.com/2008/11/08/day-of-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-20969 Flickr: GammaBlog Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:15:14 +0000 http://gammablog.com/?p=4598#comment-20969 I don't think it's a bad idea to have an artistic reminder of street safety outside a schoolyard. I'm sure the kids see much scarier things shambling by on Houston Street, daily. The youngest kids don't play in the Houston street playground, where the bike is. They're on the quieter Stanton Street side. I don’t think it’s a bad idea to have an artistic reminder of street safety outside a schoolyard. I’m sure the kids see much scarier things shambling by on Houston Street, daily. The youngest kids don’t play in the Houston street playground, where the bike is. They’re on the quieter Stanton Street side.

]]> By: Flickr: Irene Rx (aka Irena Kittenclaw) http://gammablog.com/2008/11/08/day-of-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-20968 Flickr: Irene Rx (aka Irena Kittenclaw) Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:22:35 +0000 http://gammablog.com/?p=4598#comment-20968 How weird... Actually, I think the placement of that ghost bike in that location is a little troubling. I understand it's where Brandie Bailey was killed but I think the little kids in that school may be a little too young to understand all of it...I was taking photos there once, close to the anniversary date when a lot of fresh flowers and photos are placed by the bike. And several kids came over and were asking questions. Some seemed mildly troubled or even scared about it all... I think the ghostbikes are important, striking memorials so it feels a bit weird to write this, but whatever... How weird…

Actually, I think the placement of that ghost bike in that location is a little troubling. I understand it’s where Brandie Bailey was killed but I think the little kids in that school may be a little too young to understand all of it…I was taking photos there once, close to the anniversary date when a lot of fresh flowers and photos are placed by the bike. And several kids came over and were asking questions. Some seemed mildly troubled or even scared about it all…

I think the ghostbikes are important, striking memorials so it feels a bit weird to write this, but whatever…

]]> By: Flickr: Irene Roxanne (aka Irena Kittenclaw) http://gammablog.com/2008/11/08/day-of-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-16936 Flickr: Irene Roxanne (aka Irena Kittenclaw) Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:50:55 +0000 http://gammablog.com/?p=4598#comment-16936 Oops, I just re-read what you wrote. I see, the young ones are in the back schoolyard, I guess...Well that certainly makes it better, but still - the older kids seemed a bit weirded out about it too... Oops, I just re-read what you wrote. I see, the young ones are in the back schoolyard, I guess…Well that certainly makes it better, but still – the older kids seemed a bit weirded out about it too…

]]> By: Flickr: Irene Roxanne (aka Irena Kittenclaw) http://gammablog.com/2008/11/08/day-of-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-16937 Flickr: Irene Roxanne (aka Irena Kittenclaw) Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:49:42 +0000 http://gammablog.com/?p=4598#comment-16937 Yeah, but the kids are not thinking about safety. They're thinking about death, a concept that I'm sure a lot of them haven't thought about yet, and which, let's face it, can be hard to explain to a 5-year-old. It scares a lot of kids, I think. And yes, they play elsewhere, but when I was taking my photo several of the older kids (like 9 or 10 years old, I'd guess) came to that part of the gate and were asking questions. Yeah, but the kids are not thinking about safety. They’re thinking about death, a concept that I’m sure a lot of them haven’t thought about yet, and which, let’s face it, can be hard to explain to a 5-year-old. It scares a lot of kids, I think.

And yes, they play elsewhere, but when I was taking my photo several of the older kids (like 9 or 10 years old, I’d guess) came to that part of the gate and were asking questions.

]]> By: Flickr: GammaBlog http://gammablog.com/2008/11/08/day-of-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-16935 Flickr: GammaBlog Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:15:14 +0000 http://gammablog.com/?p=4598#comment-16935 I don't think it's a bad idea to have an artistic reminder of street safety outside a schoolyard. I'm sure the kids see much scarier things shambling by on Houston Street, daily. The youngest kids don't play in the Houston street playground, where the bike is. They're on the quieter Stanton Street side. I don’t think it’s a bad idea to have an artistic reminder of street safety outside a schoolyard. I’m sure the kids see much scarier things shambling by on Houston Street, daily. The youngest kids don’t play in the Houston street playground, where the bike is. They’re on the quieter Stanton Street side.

]]> By: Flickr: Irene Roxanne (aka Irena Kittenclaw) http://gammablog.com/2008/11/08/day-of-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-16931 Flickr: Irene Roxanne (aka Irena Kittenclaw) Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:22:35 +0000 http://gammablog.com/?p=4598#comment-16931 How weird... Actually, I think the placement of that ghost bike in that location is a little troubling. I understand it's where Brandie Bailey was killed but I think the little kids in that school may be a little too young to understand all of it...I was taking photos there once, close to the anniversary date when a lot of fresh flowers and photos are placed by the bike. And several kids came over and were asking questions. Some seemed mildly troubled or even scared about it all... I think the ghostbikes are important, striking memorials so it feels a bit weird to write this, but whatever... How weird…

Actually, I think the placement of that ghost bike in that location is a little troubling. I understand it’s where Brandie Bailey was killed but I think the little kids in that school may be a little too young to understand all of it…I was taking photos there once, close to the anniversary date when a lot of fresh flowers and photos are placed by the bike. And several kids came over and were asking questions. Some seemed mildly troubled or even scared about it all…

I think the ghostbikes are important, striking memorials so it feels a bit weird to write this, but whatever…

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