There’s a bunch of art in the vacant lot on the north side of Houston Street between Avenues B and C.
A man writes a love song to his Roomba.
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Domestic Robots
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
Bike Rack Prototypes
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
G is flexible and covered with plastic, but it is not that flexible that it would increase usability that much. The plastic is likely to deteriorate, and I am not sure how resistant to tampering it would be. (update, Oct 11, it is broken already) B looks likely to jab a passing pedestrian in the crotch, and its painted finish is already peeling. A is way too low to the ground and I think it is likely to trip the unwary.
This is my favorite. It is sturdy, sleek looking, and if placed parallel to pedestrian flow, would not present much of a tripping hazard. From Ian Mahaffy and Maarten De Greeve
More on the competition from the Gothamist
nycityracks - finally-the-finalists
nyc.gov/html/dot/html/bicyclists/bikerack
Stikman Melting
Monday, October 6th, 2008
Or maybe Stikman on Salvia. The fun of finding a new Stikman piece is seeing how far that brave little stick figure has mutated. This one would take a topologist to warp him back to oldstyle.
Photo, 2006, on the southwest corner of 11 Spring. It may have stood there for a few years unnoticed by me. The early ones I remember finding, hid in shadowed alcoves, not standing boldly at the corners like this one. But this is the way early Stikmen looked… tiny and made from actual sticks.
Locked Kids
Saturday, October 4th, 2008
Here’s a lovely piece by Allan Molho that’s been on the street for about two years. I’m sure that 99.9% of the people who pass don’t even notice the locks, let alone the photos of the kids on the locks.
