There are new additions to the memorial on the southeast corner of Avenue A and 10th Street that arrived on March 26 (first reported here).
It was originally erected in honor of Edd Conboy, a licensed therapist and director of social services at Broad Street Ministry in Philadelphia, who died on March 20 of a stroke. He was 69. His brother Jim, an East Village artist, created this as his family was unable to hold a funeral in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak.
As noted, the memorial has continued to evolve... people adding flowers and tallying up the deaths due to COVID-19... and sharing some conspiracy theories related to 5G... (these photos are from Saturday)...
Jim Conboy created the styrofoam sculpture, titled "Transfiguration." A handwritten message on the mirror still reads: "U are not alone, We all reflect your spirit."
The Post picked up our original story in the print edition yesterday.
5 comments:
Not the 5G conspiracy theorists here in the EV. I'd like to say I'm surprised but...
Wish the conspiracy nuts had the decency to keep this off a memorial, but I guess that’s pretty antithetical to their brand. Nice gesture otherwise
As everyone knows, the “G” in 5G is for “gullible,” a word that was removed from the dictionary because no one was looking it up anymore.
It’s no longer there. Everything is gone but the 6 feet sign.
It was taken down due to yesterday's weather. It will be back.
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