Thursday, November 19, 2015

It's beginning to look a lot like [fill in name of holiday here] on East 9th Street


[Photo yesterday by Steven]

Crews have been busy the past two says putting up holiday lights on East Ninth Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue…


[Photo today by MP]

And how do they look in action?




[Action photos via Steven]

As we understand it, Jason Corey, co-owner of The Immigrant, has helped organize getting the lights up the past few years along here…
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11 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 19, 2015 at 9:06 PM

    Always love this block when the lights are up. I wish more streets in the EV could/would do this!

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  2. AnonymousNovember 19, 2015 at 10:06 PM

    Very pretty! Thanks to all who worked so hard to make this happen. Ninth St. is always the best, photographically, at Xmas.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 19, 2015 at 10:41 PM

    The lights are paid for by the shop owners of East Ninth Street. Jason has been our excellent point man for last year and this year, wrangling the funds together to get us ready on time to light up the holiday season. Please enjoy our beautiful lights and remember to support your EV local small businesses and mom and pop shops!

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  4. MikeNovember 20, 2015 at 3:38 AM

    Does anyone know what the approximate cost would be to do this on another EV block?

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  5. GojiraNovember 20, 2015 at 6:59 AM

    Thank you to all involved for this annual treat.

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  6. AnonymousNovember 20, 2015 at 9:16 AM

    @ Mike ... I'm sure that if you stop in and chat with any of the business owners on that block -- those who are part of the block business association -- they'd be glad to share information about that.

    It would be lovely to see more lights around the neighborhood.

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  7. Dan C.November 20, 2015 at 9:27 AM

    I remember back when EV blocks would have Xmas light competitions and try to get all the neighbors involved. That must been in the late 80s.
    Living in the middle of an Avenue, I didn't get to participate.

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  8. AnonymousNovember 20, 2015 at 10:18 AM

    That was great -- one of the first things I remember about winter in the EV!

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  9. MakeoutNovember 20, 2015 at 11:50 AM

    How do they look? Illuminating! Waterproof! Heh.

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  10. HippieChickNovember 20, 2015 at 9:55 PM

    Oh, so that's how they do it. I've lived on this block since 1969 and I never saw that before. I just assumed they did it with ladders.

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  11. Jill W.November 22, 2015 at 12:19 AM

    East 4th b/w 2nd and Bowery usually does it.

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