Apparently shunned by its upscale neighbors due to their dislike of its architecture, it is nonetheless a bastion of modern American art. Currently the exhibit is the Whitney Biennial 2012. But the exterior, composed entirely of cement does resemble a building that might have applied for the job of fortress. It was progressive and innovative …
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Pushy
She is small, but not frail. Gray, frizzy hair. Could be 68-78. No telling. And she is pushing, shoving, wheeling, manipulating in front of her a walker. She has no sooner boarded the bus than she yells out,’ May I have that seat please’. She takes a moment to put her fare card in the …
It Can Happen To Anyone
It did make me chuckle. You see the Limo, you see the driver beside the limo, you notice the driver looking into the interior through the window, and then you watch him with a coat hanger, trying to unlock the door.
De-flowered
In the past I have purchased roses in bud and waited for them to open, but they never did. I finally know why. I pass this flower stall attached to a deli on my way to the subway. I often see the flower seller busy with his bouquets but just recently the pieces fell into …
Rooftops of March 24
Found that I had the picture after all. Have a look.
Tulipmania
No doubt in my mind I would have been a tulipmania person in old Holland in the 1700’s. These tulips are current, but the pictures are of old specimens. I cannot walk by without bringing them home; I mean I bought them. Did not pick them in the park!
All the Pleasure..
..and none of the work. These are in my most local park. These are not cheap throwaway bulbs.
Flowerbeds
Around the bottom of trees in small spaces, larger spreads in small parks, window boxes, everywhere tulips and other bulbs are blooming. What amazes me is that they are standing unpicked. Everyone walks by and enjoys them, but no one is cutting them for their personal enjoyment. I’m impressed. I know of sub-urban stories of …
The Womb of Adverts
Subway cares are individually devoted to one advertiser. You can ride in the Delta Airline car, the Lion King car, the MTA car, your choice when you step through those open doors. However, it’s tough when you’re waiting on the platform and a car slides by that has new ads you haven’t read, but by …
Imagine This
It’s Sunday 9 am and I hail a cab. I step in and he says something after we exchange ‘good morning’. I don’t understand and ask him to repeat it. On three tries I am hearing something about ‘1st’. Concerned that he has mixed up my directions to go to 4th, I ask him to …