Tuesday, March 13, 2012

3 scenes from today

In no particular order.

Trimming trees on East 11th Street between Avenue B and Avenue C...


Responding to a false alarm (faulty alarm) at the Standard East Village...



Putting down new dirt in Tompkins Square Park...


Photos by Bobby Williams.

2 comments:

BagelGuy said...

I grew up in Brooklyn. A tree (or two) has been known to grow there. Yet, we never saw any of these tree mangling contraptions rolling down our streets. I've been living here for a while now but I still don't get why these things are necessary ?

Anonymous said...

Dear Brooklyn Person. The contraption is a bucket truck containing a person who is pruning the trees. This is necessary for safety so dead and weak limbs can be cut off before they crash down on people and property. They can also do some structural pruning to help the tree grow better and live longer. Before bucket trucks, people had to climb trees with ropes. Much safer now.