This is what standing in the middle of the street of 7th Avenue South looks like. No high rise, no sky scrapers. This is New York too.
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Another Food Person
Have to admit, I find him un-appetizing. Perhaps it is the dirt on the stomach, or is it the lack of advertised foods on his menu board.
PS
It was hard to let go of the biking accident on Saturday night. Knowing a biker or two, post incident, I suggested that they be more careful than usual. I was not alone. Someone else was also issuing the same suggestion and their warning was motivated by black ice patches. Thinking about the tableau we …
The Flags
and the Bridge http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/22/new-york-city-white-flags-brooklyn-bridge This is from a while ago but the mystery is still unsolved. As you look at the banner across this page, imagine two flags on the left- hand- side- of- the- picture- towers.
Make Space
A new idea for a new millennium. A portable “City Attic”. The company delivers up to four green bins to your door. You fill them with whatever no longer is of use to you or doesn’t fit now that you’ve moved in together. The company then picks the bins up and stores them for you, …
Times Square New Year’s Eve
The link here is the more or less official recitation of what it looks like on Times Square for those that attend the ‘ball dropping’. But this NYE – period I was visiting away from TS and two smart friends discussed what is not mentioned in the article…so what if you have to pee. And …
I’ve wondered for a looong time..
and it is now time to put it to rest. this is why we have food inspectors. http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/chinese.asp
Local Library
There should have been a ‘before’ photograph. This beautiful old building houses the Public Library on 6th Avenue and 10th Street and it is stunning. Look at the architectural details.
The Postman
Walking on the sidewalk in Chinatown today, and passing a postman, I decided to satisfy my curiosity. The many times I have been in offices and seen packages and or mail delivered, it has been a Chinese appearing Postman. I wondered if you needed to speak Chinese to work in the Chinatown area, as many …
Everyone is Commenting
The City is quite empty. Went today from the Village to the UES. The crosstown bus was quick at arriving at Union Square as there was no traffic on the roads. Went down to the subway, and had to let three go by, I didn’t want to arrive early! I could have made the trip, …