Valuable Lots to be Sold by Jas. Bleecker & Sons on Thursday 19th of May 1836
Map of area from 6th to 8th Streets betwen 1st and 4th Avenue.
Like many in today's real-estate market, everyone's willing to look even further east.
Today, a familiar face was checking out homes on 7th between C and D and received a mixed reception. Some longtime neighborhood residents exhibited marked hostility; others had fingers crossed that this newcomer would choose to stay.
The well-wishers fantasized a new laser focus on reduction of the blocks rodent population.
But the haters, per eyewitness accounts, made their hostility known.
Multiple members of a local blue-jay clique jeered sharp jaay-jaays and repeatedly dive bombed youngblood hawk.
The clannish residents entered attack mode, pecking at his noggin as he sat placidly upon a branch pondering the new location.
Fans tried but failed to capture documentation of the skirmish (see photo below). Nest shopping stopped when a kit of pigeons circled 6th Street, ending the outing to the east.
Winter Weather Advisory, Wind Chill Advisory
Statement as of 3:59 AM EST on February 15, 2015
...Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect until 1 PM EST this
afternoon...
...Wind Chill Advisory remains in effect from 6 PM this evening
to 9 am EST Monday...
• locations...New York City...Metro New Jersey...Long Island and coastal Connecticut.
• Hazard types...periods of snow...blowing snow and high winds into early this afternoon. Hazardous wind chills after midnight through Monday morning.
• Accumulations...snow accumulation of 1 to 5 inches.
• Winds...northwest 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph.
• Temperatures...3 below to 20 above zero.
• Wind chill...as low as 22 below due to temperatures 3 below to
16 above zero...and winds northwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up
to 45 mph.
• Timing...the strongest winds will occur through early this afternoon. The lowest wind chills will occur after midnight through Monday morning.
Sadly I don't have a photo, but I spotted a hawk, hopefully Christo or Dora, flying out of Tompkins with nesting materials in his talons. He was headed toward the library on East 10th between A and B and appeared to land in that general area. Maybe a new nest location on a building in the vicinity??
I guess we'll see!
