Showing posts with label East Village streetscenes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label East Village streetscenes. Show all posts
Monday, May 26, 2025
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Today in overthinking discarded objects
EVG reader Chris Rowland shared this photo today from Stuyvesant Street.
This is, obviously, a commentary on consumer culture or waste. The odd, decaying form of the object sitting atop a discarded or secondhand chair may be intended to critique how we discard objects and ideas that don't fit mainstream aesthetics.
The texture, embedded objects (like beads or buttons), and exaggerated form also point toward commentary on material excess or bodily abstraction.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
When someone dumps an industrial-size fridge on Avenue C
Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy
On Monday, someone left a large industrial refrigerator near the southbound M9 stop on Avenue C between Second Street and Third Street.
It was not an item to be easily discarded. The appliance, left outside the former storefront of "Store on Ave C" — a now-shuttered smoke shop and florist — was reportedly dumped after the business closed.
This morning, a city Sanitation crew temporarily halted traffic on this stretch of Avenue C to remove the item.
"We gotta do this quick," a Sanitation worker said.
After some careful maneuvering, the crew managed to lift and load the fridge onto a truck. Bus riders and passersby applauded as the street was cleared.
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Thursday's parting shot
Friday, March 21, 2025
Friday's parting shot
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Tuesday's parting shot
Photo by Derek Berg
As seen on Seventh Street, a springtime procession of several NYU students throwing flower seed "bombs" into places with bare dirt.
Saturday, March 8, 2025
Saturday's parting shots
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Thursday's parting shot
Sunday, February 16, 2025
Saturday, February 1, 2025
Saturday's opening shot
Early morning view from 14th Street and Avenue A... the photogenic clouds will allegedly give way to sunny skies later today, per the Weather Channel.
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Tuesday's parting shot
Thanks to EVG reader Joe for this stunning photo this frigid morning from 14th Street at Second Avenue looking east toward the Con Ed power plant...
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Tuesday's parting shot
EVG reader William R. shared this photo of Second Avenue at 12th Street, noting "A favorite corner."
+1
Friday, January 3, 2025
When we found out about a mysterious early-morning transport on 2nd Avenue
A few weeks ago, this flatbed truck passed us while walking on Second Avenue near First Street.
We were curious about what (or who!) this was and where it was going early on a Saturday morning...
We figured we would never learn more about this mysterious cargo.
So, we noted it on Instagram ... and quickly found an answer: It is part of an exhibit opening on Jan. 10 with new work by American sculptor and performance artist Nick Cave titled "Amalgams and Graphts" at the Jack Shainman Gallery Tribeca (46 Lafayette St.).
Thank you, Instagram!
Monday, December 30, 2024
Sunday, December 15, 2024
Monday, December 2, 2024
December trees
Thanks to Cáit O'Riordan for sharing this photo from Seventh Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue... where, outside Tokio7, "the trees are hanging on to their leaves! The elm replaced a beautiful ginkgo tree that used to be there."
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