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COBBLES & POST (11.30.06) |
The steel post protects a fire hydrant from erratic drivers bouncing down the cobblestone streets of SoHo. The cobblestones are Belgian granite and often over 100 years old. The sticker with the spiked crown on the steel post is for www.deedznyc.com, someone who apparently wanted to start a clothing line but couldn't get past creating a logo, some stickers and a do-nothing website.
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HUNGRY FLOWER MAN (11.29.06) |
There seems like there is a man in this plastic "bubble" 24/7, selling and guarding the roses and lilies that perfume the outside of a corner bodega in SoHo. There are roughly 14,000 bodegas in Manhattan, and according to this article they are currently fending off an invasion by national chains like Subway and 7-Eleven.
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CENTRAL PARK SEPIA (11.28.06) |
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SUBWAY MONITORS (11.27.06) |
These video monitors are ostensibly on the Canal Street subway platform of the B and N lines so the train conductors can make sure everyone who needs to has gotten on the train. Of course, it could have Big Brother uses too. Hmm.
Have you ever wondered how the NYC subway lines got their letter and number designations? Well, it has to do with the three competing subway services that operated in NYC before the city consolidated them all in the 1940s. The ins and outs are too complicated to go into in this short space, but click here if you're want to know more.
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She probably won't even remember visiting LBJ Ranch, birthplace and longtime residence of Lyndon B. Johnson, the United States' 36th President.
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Place: San Antonio, Texas.
In the foreground: The Torch of Friendship by Sebastian. Dedicated: June 27, 2002. Height: 65 feet.
In the background: The Tower of the Americas. Built for the 1968 World's Fair. Height: 750 feet, one of the highest freestanding towers in the Western Hemisphere.
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CRUSHED BIKE HAIKU
an innocent bike
left defenseless and alone
was crushed like Fall leaves
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The just-bigger-than-a-hole-in-the-wall, Italian Vesuvio Cafe and Bakery first started baking bread at 160 Prince Street in SoHo in 1920. It now does meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner, but hasn't lost any quality or charm. Another highlight are it's coffee drinks like the nocello latte, a decadent mix of hazelnut, cocoa, espresso and milk that happens to be sliding down my throat right now.
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OK, I blew the intention of this photo. I meant to take a photo of the old Sin-e, a music venue/bar where Jeff Buckley - R.I.P. - used to play every Monday night. He'd be turning 40 today if it wasn't for that damn Mississippi River. However, don't believe every quick Goggle search you do, because I first came acroos the address as being 22 St. Mark's Place. Re-checking 5 minutes ago and post-photo revealed it was actually 124 St. Mark's. Oops. Still, the open door on the right is the new, soon-to-be-open Mamoun's location, offering excellent falafel at rock bottom prices.
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RIDING TIMES SQUARE (11.16.06) |
You've probably never wondered what it's like to ride your bike through Times Square, but here's a taste if you have. And, fyi, it's not the cars you've really got to watch out for - it's the freakin' tourists.
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The lineup: a red lady's face with gritted teeth; a blue, old-school turntable; a yellow SoHo fascade; an orange antique microphone; the next Andy Warhol? Maybe. Maybe not.
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This has to be the spookiest building in lower Manhattan. Built in 1974, the 58-story monolith, which has only a few window on the ground floor, is supposedly a telecom equipment tower for AT&T even though it looks more like a Soviet prison or something that should be in Blade Runner or The Matrix. It just happens to be able to resist a nuclear blast and fallout, too.
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GRAY DAY PARKING LOT (11.13.06) |
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WHAT YOUR SHOES SEE V (11.10.06) |
Sheep Meadow Haiku
Lucent with fall sun
two playmates in Sheep Meadow
flowers unwilted
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WHAT YOUR SHOES SEE IV (11.9.06) |
Something like this is what your feet would see if those weary dogs were near-sighted and walking by the t-shirt carts and photo vendors in Battery Park.
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WHAT YOUR SHOES SEE III - RAIN (11.8.06) |
Here in New York City, rain, snow and every other type of outdoor and indoor "moisture" end up in the 6,600 miles of sewage pipes winding underneath the metropolis. That's much pipe laid end-to-end would be just 160 miles shy of reaching from the Empire State Building to Tokyo, Japan. Click here here read more about this truly amazing feat in fluid transportation (skip the intro and go straight to "From Ditches to Dumping to Decay."
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WHAT YOUR SHOES SEE II (11.07.06) |
Subway Exit Haiku
Walking up again
another day of concrete
weighing down her dreams
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WHAT YOUR SHOES SEE - I (11.06.06) |
The full title of this week's pictures: "What Your Shoes Would See If They Had Eyes." Woo Lae Oak--the white banner hanging in the background--is a cool-looking Korean restaurant in Soho.
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Subway
Down between the walls of shadow
Where the iron laws insist,
The hunger voices mock.
The worn wayfaring men
With the hunched and humble shoulders,
Throw their laughter into toil.
Carl Sandburg
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Why this ad from a 1929 issue of Ladies Home Journal was hung in a computer store's bathroom is anyone's guess. One thing I'm certain of is that my computer troubles are not caused by toilet paper.
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One of these is the official mascot for Famous Ben's Pizza in Soho, and the scarier one is up for debate.
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