Tattered Flag
Sunday, July 5th, 2009
At the Earth School on Avenue B.
Where the Toy Tower Used to Be
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
That’s one of Eddie’s tree sculptures in the upper left corner. As far as I know the foliage and flowers all grew wild after the tower was taken down.
Bee Macro
Friday, August 8th, 2008
Testing out the macro capability of my new pocket camera, a Lumix dmc-fs5. I used the camera for the interviews I did for my latest video as well. I’m happy with it.
Pizza Yum
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Even with no thumb, he’s still cranking out the dough. Avenue B in the East Village. International Thumb’s Up Guy Flickr Pool
My Baby – Eddie Boros and the Tower of Toys
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Eddie’s Big Wind from GammaBlog on Vimeo.
On Sunday May 11th, 2008, the one year memorial for Eddie Boros the creator of the Tower of Toys was held in the 6th and B Community Garden. The NYC Parks department had just declared the tower unsafe and that it must come down. Eddie Boros was an amazing character, he had to be in order to build and preserve from destruction his 60 foot ramshackle tower of salvaged timber and rotting toys from 1985 until 2008, a full year after he died. I interviewed the gardeners and his relatives, asking them to give me stories about Eddie. I combined the interviews with the many photos I’ve taken of the tower, plus photos on the garden bulletin board, as well as some that people put on the garden fence after Eddie died in 2007. This is part one of a planned three parts.
Part Two here
Giraffe
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
One of the few toys that made the trip down from the top of the tower apparently undamaged. It seems to be one of the carousel animals Eddie had there.
Toy Tower Topped
Monday, May 19th, 2008The famous Tower of Toys by Eddie Boros is being taken down. I’m working on a much longer video about the tower and Eddie, which will probably be done in a week or so. I wanted to get this bit up while it is still fresh news.
Part one and two of the full video here
Toy Tower Down
Monday, May 19th, 2008
They started taking down the Toy Tower this morning around 9. Most of the toys were dropped, many broke. (more…)
