Saturday's opening shot

A morning view today from Cooper Square...

Monday's parting Instagram post

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Artwork created by Brad Heckman based on this EVG photo from First Avenue and Ninth Street...

Saturday's parting shot

As seen on Fourth Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue...

Sunflowers beam

Annual appreciation to the community gardeners (and Tile Bar regulars) who keep this pedestrian safety island garden looking so good here on First Avenue at Seventh Street...

Sunday's opening shot

Keeping with the sunflower theme this weekend... First Avenue at Seventh Street...

Saturday's opening shot

The sunflowers of Cooper Square...

A sunflower in the sun

Currently at the most photographed spot in the neighborhood ... a lone sunflower on 10th Street at Stuyvesant...

The sunflowers on the Bowery

We've been watching these sunflower plants grow this summer on the Bowery between Bond and Great Jones... not sure who has been tending to them, but thank you...