New Pipe for Old
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
This seems like a seasoned crew, they came in, got the job done and then moved on. They may have been noisy, but it was a delicate job efficiently done.
Ghost Bike Over the Fence
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
I’m guessing that the Brandie Bailey ghost bike being tossed over the schoolyard fence is connected to the major water pipe replacement happening on East Houston Street. Since the Obama motorcade where the cops clipped locks and carted off all the bikes along Houston Street, this memorial bike has been leaning against its usual pole without a lock or plaque and looking bent and ragged. If it was found by school maintenance it is likely they put it aside, as the memorial bike must be well known to them.
SMEG
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
What delicacies will soon lurk ‘neath this orange skin. Gringer and Sons the appliance store at First Avenue and East Second Street.
EPA Coal Ash Hearing Banner
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
Greenpeace activists Hope Kaye, left, and Lisa Ramsden rappel to unfurl a banner on the site of Coal Ash hearings at the Seelbach Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky September 28, 2010. Highlighting the need for federal standards to protect public health from hazardous coal waste the activists unfurled the 23 x 23-square-foot banner that read “EPA: PROTECT PEOPLE, NOT POLLUTERS – QUIT COAL.” The protest was held at the location of the 7th of eight public hearings conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on two proposals for the regulation of coal ash disposal. Photo by Brian Bohannon
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Cinder Block Brigade
Monday, September 27th, 2010
240 East Houston Street, the building that had the roof fire in July, has been undergoing repairs ever since. Weren’t the pyramids built like this?
Dumbo Arts Festival 2010
Saturday, September 25th, 2010
Improv dance performance on Main Street. I’ve not been able to determine the name of the troupe.
Walking on cans tied together is not easy.
The Himalayas band beneath the Manhattan Bridge. I wish my camera was better able to capture their thrilling sound.
Gleason’s Gym.
Acrobuffo, water balloon act to entertain the kids at the festival.
Can Walking with cans tied together to compel cooperative walking.
Uptown F Repairs
Saturday, September 25th, 2010
Heading to the Dumbo Arts Festival so this was not a problem for me, but I just missed a train and had to wait for awhile. I like the way the pillars frame the lighted platform.
Manuel Del Valle Jr.
Monday, September 20th, 2010
Heartbreaking photo and memorial flowers at Engine 5 on East 14th Street. Manuel Del Valle Jr. May 25, 1969 – September 11, 2001. If you slow down to see, all the neighborhood fire houses have brass plaques for those they lost on September 11, 2001. But seeing a face brings it all home.
