Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Meanwhile in the Northwest East Village ...



You know, over on East 13th Street between Second Avenue and Third Avenue...

Anyway! A photo of an Urban Etiquette Sign via EVG reader Kelly Virginia Vinson ...

"Dear Friends,

Don't let your douchebag NYU friends sit on the stoop all day long..."

Bonus points for making the NYU look really angry.

Previously on EV Grieve:
About the 'Northwest East Village'

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's kind of funny -- in the old days, before television and air conditioning, sitting on the stoop was a regular part of neighborhood life. It's yuppies that objected to this, when they moved in.

Anonymous said...

@annonymous

I don't think stoop life back then as you mentioned included loud drunks that did shots all night.

Makeout said...

Coulda made it look angrier with a BIG marker. Maybe next time...

Anonymous said...

No, back then, they smoked Kools and nursed liters of Night Train all night.

Dave -everywhere said...

If they are residents of the building, they have a right to be there, although a little behavior modification is in order on those weeknights when I'm trying to sleep and the stoopsters are woo-hooing until 3AM.

However, if they don't live here and the resident has long since turned in for the night, then get the fuck off my stoop and go somewhere else. Beware the water-filled paperbag of doom!

Anonymous said...

"[A]ll day long" leads one to believe that it was not a night-time issue (unless someone with first-hand knowledge knows otherwise).

People sit on my stoop all of the time. The only problem is when they are not cognizant that I'm trying to get by and even then I just say "excuse me" and they move. Maybe this was a case of inconsiderate sitters (or a thin-skinned sign-writer).

Anonymous said...

What's wrong with sitting on the stoop, NYU origins or other? As long as this is actually your building of residence, it's just fine. In fact, assuming said stoop-sitters are behaving amicably and civilly (i.e. not making an unholy ruckus or leaving debris on the stoop), this outside socialization can improve the sense of community and safety.

- East Villager