Sunday, January 9, 2011
My annual excuse for posting photos of people in their underwear
Today was the annual No Pants Subway Ride... which is why so many people asked me why folks were walking around the East Village tonight in parkas, hats, scarves and... underwear... here are some scenes from today at Union Square taken by Constantino Diaz-Duran, who gave me the OK to post these... You may find more photos via his Twitter account here.
Fire, fire... pants on fire?
After today's No Pants Subway Ride, we saw plenty of underwear-clad revelers in the neighborhood... EV Grieve reader Steve snapped a quick shot of this group on East Fourth Street near Avenue B stopping traffic....
Yesterday afternoon in Tompkins Square Park
Yesterday afternoon, an EMS crew was dispatched to Tompkins Square Park ...
...a man, believed to be inebriated, had passed out ... Bobby Williams was on the scene... the responders picked up the man and took him away....
...a man, believed to be inebriated, had passed out ... Bobby Williams was on the scene... the responders picked up the man and took him away....
First blow of 2011: Faux Penistrator(s) on the loose
Despite the Great Snowstorm of Dec.26-27 2010, we never spotted the handiwork of the renowned Penistrator. However, after the light snowfall the last two days... well, see for yourself on this hood on Seventh Street between First Avenue and Avenue A...
Meanwhile, a reader sent along this shot from inside a StuyTown elevator.
Might this all be a warmup for the incoming snow expected on Wednesday?
Meanwhile, a reader sent along this shot from inside a StuyTown elevator.
Might this all be a warmup for the incoming snow expected on Wednesday?
Hot dogs in cold weather
Thanks to BaHa for sending along some shots from the snow-covered Tompkins Square Park Dog Run... where the dogs were having a blast, she notes...
Your chance to heckle Tom Selleck this week — not once but twice
"Blue Bloods," the oddly named NYC cop drama starring our beloved Magnum P.I. and the guy from New Kids on the Block who's become a pretty good actor, is filming in the neighborhood this week... around Avenue A and St. Mark's Place tomorrow... and near the Bowery on Tuesday...
Mini Christmas tree fire on Fourth Avenue
Walking along Fourth Avenue near 11th Street this morning... a fire truck and police car were just pulling away... seems as if this small tree on the sidewalk caught fire...
Primary colors
Just noting the newish street art here on Second Avenue a few doors down from Mars Bar...
Balloons and squirrels
Two scenes from in and around Tompkins Square Park courtesy of Bobby Williams...
I used to think squirrels were cute — until one attacked me. Of course, I was eating acorn squash soup at the time.... [Booing and hissing]
I used to think squirrels were cute — until one attacked me. Of course, I was eating acorn squash soup at the time.... [Booing and hissing]
Saturday, January 8, 2011
...or not
EV Grieve correspondent Shawn Chittle notes the Mary Help of Christians Flea Market on Avenue A and 11th Street didn't return today as the sign notes...of course, there's still snow cover on the lot...
Billy's Antiques not getting its confiscated subway signs back
Catching up on some news from yesterday afternoon.... Last March, police arrested Billy Leroy and charged him with a felony of possession of stolen property in connection with subway signs that were seized from Billy's Antiques on East Houston.
Yesterday, the Times reported:
A Manhattan judge this week ruled against an antiques dealer attempting to get back subway signs that the police seized from him last year in a criminal case that was eventually dismissed.
But the judge, Rita Mella of Criminal Court, did empathize with the dealer, William LeRoy, and urged the State Legislature to change the laws governing cases like Mr. LeRoy’s.
Because state law does not give criminal courts the right to return to defendants belongings seized from them under a search warrant, Mr. LeRoy may be forced to file a lawsuit to get them back, “a measure that places a substantial financial burden on that individual, and contravenes the due process rights the courts and Legislature have sought to protect,” Judge Mella wrote in a 15-page decision.
Ronald L. Kuby, one of Mr. LeRoy’s lawyers, said his client was still considering his next step. The cost of continuing the litigation would be greater than the value of the signs... Mr. Kuby said.
As Billy said in an e-mail to me, "Well, looks like I'm fucked."
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