Thursday's parting shots

EVG reader Danny shared these photos from today... East Village-style sledding on the small slope of the lawn in Tompkins Square Park ...

Sanitation worker spares snowman's life on 7th Street!

As noted earlier today, Seventh Street has been closed to through traffic between First Avenue and Second Avenue... allowing for residents to use the open space for some post-Winter Storm Gail fun, such as building various snowmen/people. 

This afternoon, Goggla spotted a city snow plow making its way along the block:

I watched the snow plow head down the block and fully expected it to wipe out the snowman and was prepared to witness its death. To my surprise, the plow swerved out of the way and you can hear the sanitation worker shout, "Gotta save the snowman, y'know!"

Watch for yourself...  

2 scenes from Winter Storm Gail in black and white

And a few more photos from Winter Storm Gail... these are courtesy of EVG reader Stephen Kent Jusick...  

The top photo is looking south on Broadway at 14th Street, 2:24 a.m. Long exposure, low angle, shot from the street. 

And below, the Alamo at Astor Place, 2:36 a.m. ... (click on the images to go big!)...

The snowpeople of 7th Street

Some scenes from Seventh Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue. The block is still closed to through traffic because of the post-fire work at Middle Collegiate Church... so the street provided extra space to do things, like, build a snowman to resemble a remote worker in 2020...

... and this...

🤔

11 p.m. in the East Village, and scenes from Winter Storm Gail

As of this posting (5:42 a.m. — good morning!), a snow-sleet combo continues to lash the city as the nor'easter — Winter Storm Gail — slowly moves on.

Forecasts for final snow totals range from 8-12 inches to a Jake Gyllenhaal/"The Day After Tomorrow"-type event ... we'll have more on the particulars in one of the 78 upcoming snow posts this morning.

Meanwhile, EVG contributor Stacie Joy shared these photos from a stroll around the neighborhood last night at 11...

... and in Tompkins Square Park...

Updated: It's still snowing

Gail says hi from First Avenue and Seventh Street...

And we're off...

The nor'easter dubbed Winter Storm Gail is here, as you likely already noticed. Photo from Tompkins Square Park this early evening by Steven.

It snowed for awhile today

And it marked the first snowfall of the year, of the decade... it eventually turned to sleet... before then, a few familiar snowy scenes from around the neighborhood...







... and here are two street scenes via Vinny & O...





... and Salim shared this from outside Josie's on Sixth Street...