Leaning Tower of Toys

Leaning Tower of Toys
Perhaps this shot shows the lean more viscerally. I’m starting to think that it may come down on its own. The removal by the Parks Department may have been delayed by the wet weather today. But the rain may be exacerbating the lean, making mud of the soil beneath the tower. And on second look the eastern base is flimsier than I was thinking. Who knows maybe only the roots of the tree it is built around is holding the tower up. Photo from around 2 this afternoon.

Delancey Construction

Delancey Construction

Suffolk Delancey
The whole block of shops between Suffolk and Clinton Streets on Delancey are shuttered and surrounded by construction sheds. Don’t know if it is another hi-rise, but that seems to be the trend.

UFPJ Peace March in the Rain

End the War Now
United for Peace and Justice organized this event but
the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition was there as well.

Code Pink Umbrellas
Code Pink NYC

Umbrellas
Thousands Protest Iraq War Across U.S.

C.A.N.
Campus Anti-War Network

Down by the Riverside
Singing “Down by the Riverside.”

No More War
Sweet and original homemade sign.

Kucinich 2008
www.dennis4president.com/

Pro-Life?
See all 31 photos in my Oct 27th Peace March in the Rain - NYC set on Flickr
View as Slideshow
Other groups represented in the demonstration:
worldcantwait.org/
historiansagainstwar.org/
www.paxchristiusa.org/
Veterans Against the Iraq War
Military Families Speak Out
www.graypanthers.org/

Dance Parade

Dance Parade
Since 1926 New York City has had cabaret laws that make it illegal to dance in bars and restaurants without a dance license. There are less than 150 venues with this license in the five boroughs.
danceparade.org

Dance Parade
Fusion of Youth
Dance Parade
Zuit Suiter

Dance Parade
Collage from video.


Dance Parade Protests NYC Cabaret Laws

The protesters want the city to repeal the ban, which the state Supreme Court’s Appellate Division upheld in February in a ruling against the Gotham West Coast Swing Club and several other plaintiffs.

New York’s restrictive dance laws have been on the books since 1926, at the height of the Jazz Age, when they were passed in part to stop interracial public dancing while enforcing a Prohibition-era definition of “public lewdness.”

To this day in New York’s five boroughs, it is illegal to get up and move your body to a rhythm in any locale where three or more people congregate and food or drink is served _ unless the business obtains a dance license. - AP

Go that way

Go that way

Dog Walking in the Rain

Dog Walking in the Rain
I liked the composition but it was too blurry to post without trickery.

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