**Seen as crucial to alleviating congestion in the nation’s biggest subway system, the new line is expected to carry about 200,000 riders a day. The entire system transports about 5.6 million riders on an average weekday. The city’s transportation board first envisioned a Second Avenue subway in 1929, but the stock market crash and the …
Author Archives: The Chronicler
Empire of Love
the signage reads 2013. how did I not see it before.
Homeless Stats for the City
59,000 people slept in shelters, of which 23,500 were children . Additionally 2800 other people slept on the streets and subways in the winter. Support to the Bowery Mission on Bowery Street provided: 505,000 meals; 97,300 nights of safe shelter; 56,200 articles of clothing. Additionally 1200 at risk children were given a summer camp experience. …
2nd Avenue Subway Line
how often does one get to be at the dawning of a new subway line. this one comes as the “L” line is stated to be put to sleep for repairs for two years. the horror stories already projected onto this change in the system are many.
Subway Poetry
Does that make it ‘poetry in Motion’?
This Time All Dead – or Expired
Right at Thanksgiving, the sidewalk edges are lined with fresh smelling trees, ready for the buying. On Thursday, all the trees were again on the sidewalks, but this time in random numbers, lying down and dead. The annual ‘expired tree pick up happens between 5-16 January. All non-bagged, non-decorated trees are taken and turned into …
Make My Day!
this means that there can be NO MORE airbnb in unit #1 in our building. it had gotten so out of hand.
Post Seasonal
these drugstore bulbs took a few additional weeks to grow and bloom but they are now glorious.
The White Statues in Christoper Park
Christopher Park Gay Liberation History This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park. This sculpture by George Segal (1924–2000) honors the gay rights movement and commemorates the events at the Stonewall Inn opposite this park that gave rise to the movement. Located at 51-53 Christopher Street, …
Even in the Cold of Winter
These two photos are of trees with leaves in the dead of winter.