'Serendipity' has left Tompkins Square Park

[File photo via EV Grieve]

EVG note: We accidentally posted the draft version of this earlier! Which made no sense! Oops!

"Serendipity,", the life-sized sculpture of Christopher Gamble's silhouette arrived in Tompkins Square Park last June.

Fanny Allié's creation was expected to be in the Park through November... then she received an extension through April 25.

On Saturday morning, Allié removed "Serendipity."


[Photo Saturday by Bobby Williams]

"I wish it could have stayed in the Park," she told us.

In June, the piece will head to Miami for a stay in the summer house of a current East Village resident.

The silhouette is in honor of Gamble, a former Park regular who was homeless for nearly 28 years. Gamble now lives in an apartment run by the Bowery Residents' Committee.


[Last June]

Previously on EV Grieve:
The street-smart style of Serendipity in Tompkins Square Park

Serendipity to remain in Tompkins Square Park through April

Tompkins Square Park silhouette now withs its own toucan

"Serendipity," the life-sized sculpture of Christopher Gamble's silhouette in Tompkins Square Park, now has its first lawn ornament — a toucan.

Someone seems to enjoy adding an item of clothing or jewelry to the silhouette … which is in honor of Gamble, who was homeless for nearly 28 years. Fanny Allié's creation will remain in the Park until April 25 … perhaps for the start of swimsuit season.



Photos by Bobby Williams

Previously on EV Grieve:
The street-smart style of Serendipity in Tompkins Square Park

Serendipity to remain in Tompkins Square Park through April

[EV Grieve]

Back in June, we saw the arrival of "Serendipity," the life-sized sculpture of Christopher Gamble's silhouette in Tompkins Square Park. The silhouette is in honor of Gamble, who was homeless for nearly 28 years. Fanny Allié's creation was expected to be in the Park through this month.

However! Fanny let us know that the work will remain in the Park until April 25.

Soooo... given its stay through winter, it's likely good that someone saw fit to put a hat on the sculpture...


[Bobby Williams]

...which actually matches the leisure suit that someone put on it late last month...


[BW]

Gamble now lives in an apartment run by the Bowery Residents' Committee.

Previously on EV Grieve:
The street-smart style of Serendipity in Tompkins Square Park

Don't fuck with 'Serendipity'

Looks as if someone tried to uproot "Serendipity," the life-sized sculpture of Christopher Gamble's silhouette in Tompkins Square Park. The silhouette is in honor of Gamble, who was homeless for nearly 28 years. Fanny Allié's creation will be in the Park through November.

Dressing it up is one thing... but this?

Photo by Bobby Williams.

It's still swimsuit season in Tompkins Square Park

[Photo by Bobby Williams]

Also, the latest look for "Serendipity," the life-sized sculpture of Christopher Gamble's silhouette in Tompkins Square Park.

By the way, the current temperature is 168 degrees.

Previously on EV Grieve:
The street-smart style of Serendipity in Tompkins Square Park

The street-smart style of Serendipity in Tompkins Square Park

Back in June, we saw the arrival of "Serendipity," the life-sized sculpture of Christopher Gamble's silhouette in Tompkins Square Park. The silhouette is in honor of Gamble, who was homeless for nearly 28 years. Fanny Allié's creation will be in the Park through November.

And throughout the summer, someone saw fit to add a few accessories to the sculpture, from the always dashing caution-tape scarf...



...to the Duct tape waistband-headband combo...



... to the Master Lock choker...



Here today, on Project Runway Season 14 in a year or two...

Photos by Bobby Williams.