GammaBlog http://gammablog.com NYC Street Art, Architecture from the East Village Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:28:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Santas on 14th Street http://gammablog.com/2011/12/25/santas-on-14th-street/ http://gammablog.com/2011/12/25/santas-on-14th-street/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:23:26 +0000 gamma http://gammablog.com/?p=6563 Lucky Eviair Santa
The bottled air paster went full color for Xmas. This Santa is lucky and rich enough to be able to afford bottled air for his 14th street deliveries. I could use some myself. I’ve been knocked out with a bad chest cold for the past 10 days. Fever has finally broken, I hope, was 103F last night, down to a tolerable 100F now.

Sad Sooty Santa
Dunno, looks like he’s about to cry. Xmas tree seller 14th Street and Second Avenue.

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Retired Episcopal Bishop George Packard was the first one over the fence into Duarte Square. Video of the OWS breaching of the wall around the park, owned by Trinity Church. I interview two clergymen, Father Paul Mayer and Rev. Max Surjadinata. Views of the march and of a meditating hunger striker.


Up close action from @timcast


Staten Island representing at Duarte Square yesterday at the three month celebration of Occupy Wall Street.
occupystatenisland.org

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Gift store window on Avenue A.

]]> http://gammablog.com/2011/12/11/xmas-tree-for-the-one-percent/feed/ 0 Temperance Moon http://gammablog.com/2011/12/11/temperance-moon/ http://gammablog.com/2011/12/11/temperance-moon/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:42:46 +0000 gamma http://gammablog.com/?p=6554 Temperance Moon
Moonrise over the Temperance fountain in Tompkins Square Park.

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The first couple of hours of Santacon. From the World Financial Center to South Street Seaport.

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Marching from La Plaza Cultural Community Garden in the East Village to Liberty Plaza the home of Occupation Wall Street. No GMO. No Fracking, Go Organic.

]]> http://gammablog.com/2011/12/05/occupy-food/feed/ 1 OWS Hunger Strike – Duarte Sq. http://gammablog.com/2011/12/04/ows-hunger-strike-duarte-sq/ http://gammablog.com/2011/12/04/ows-hunger-strike-duarte-sq/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 04:51:19 +0000 gamma http://gammablog.com/?p=6548 Update: they were arrested again. The excuse for the arrest this morning was that they were blocking the sidewalk. What tonight’s excuse is, I don’t know.
Hunger Strike OWS
Three of the strikers were arrested this morning. They are back tonight joined by others.

Juan Pablo Duarte Statue
Meditating underneath the statue of Juan Pablo Duarte.

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Paramount Plaza is another one of those bonus-plazas like Liberty Plaza, a public/private space required to be open to the public 24/7. Occupy Broadway is a 24 hour occupation from 6PM Dec. 2 to 6PM Dec. 3. Enjoy the show with Ben Shepard of Time’s Up, Reverend Billy, the Rude Mechanical Orchestra and a cast of thousands. No one can tell the difference between spectators and participants.

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This has been up for awhile but this was the first chance I’ve had to see it. The distortion comes from the photo being an Autostitch panorama, knit from four photos.
Fail Detail

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I caught up with the Labor rights march that started out in Herald Square when they reached Washington Square Park on there way to Liberty Plaza the original home of Occupy Wall Street. Liberty Plaza or Zuccotti Park, since OWS was evicted, has been turned into an unpleasant “free-speech” kettling zone. There is more actual free speech outside the perimeters.

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