I heard many fire engines rushing east on East Houston street this morning. I went out to investigate. There was a serious fire in the housing project on Stanton Street between Pitt and Columbia Streets. I’d say it was about the 15th floor, higher than fire hoses can reach, but the fire department got in under control quickly. At least 4 apartments above the original fire were seriously damaged, probably more had water damage. A neighbor was saying that this is the third fire recently in the housing projects in the neighborhood.
The closest conjunction was on Tuesday, this photo was taken on Wednesday. Jupiter is on the left, Venus the right. Though Venus is a much smaller planet it is much closer to us and covered in reflective clouds. If you see a very bright object in the sky and it is not a UFO it is generally Venus.
Work has resumed on that skeletal framework of a building next to The Ludlow, that was abandoned in 2008.
I tried calling 911 to get someone to put some caution tape around this tree, it is in imminent danger of falling, and people are clustered all around it taking photos of the other tree fallen behind it. 911 put me off to 311 and 311 is totally overwhelmed and not answering. I also told my story to a cop. Here’s hoping no one gets hurt.
The ground where this tree was rooted was totally swampy, no wonder it fell over.
The water in the East River was high enough to float all the trash usually resting on the rocks here.
At Houston Street. The FDR is flooded at Houston Street as well.
No, not Olympic sized pools for the pedestrian island. They are filling up with giant spaghetti. I’m thinking data cables of some sort. Lots of data. Maybe my Netflix stream will improve.
The digging never ends on East Houston Street.
The pedestrian island on East Houston Street between Norfolk and Suffolk Streets never seemed to get as much gardening attention as other islands. This year it has pretty much been taken over by weeds. And now it looks like it will be dug up like what has been done to islands further east. This digging on Houston street seems endless. They are working seven days a week. The noise is constant.
