Friday, November 25, 2011

The Robin Raj holiday window display continues to inspire


Third Avenue near 14th Street...


And arguably Simon Doonan's best work!

The Chocolate Library space is for rent on St. Mark's Place


The Chocolate Library closed rather quietly last month... the space is for rent, though Skyline hasn't posted the particulars just yet...

A canopy for King Samson on St.Mark's Place

Yesterday, workers were busy putting in a new canopy at the recently opened tattoo shop (formerly Cherries!) near the Grassroots on St. Mark's Place...



And here's what it looks like now...

[Bobby Williams]

And here is King Samson...

[Bobby Williams]

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Avenue A, 7:51 p.m., Nov. 24

And on First Avenue earlier in the day...


Photo by Bobby Williams...

Tompkins Square Park, 3:23 p.m., Nov. 24

Things that people are throwing away today (or yesterday)


Seventh Street and Cooper Square...

Breaking: Christmas Holiday tree stands in place outside St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery



Sources say that the Christmas holiday trees and marijuana will arrive tomorrow or the next day.

There are people waiting in line for Best Buy on Union Square to open at midnight

Thanksgiving morning at the World Famous Pee Phone


...and behind the phone on Avenue A at Seventh Street...

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Is that a lamp post or are you just happy to see me?




That headline never gets old... Photos in Tompkins Square Park today by Bobby Williams.

In which a film crew calls your wife a 'stupid bitch' on Avenue A


Well then. A pleasant Thanksgiving to you too!

So we asked RyanAvenueA for a little background on this incident last night. Ryan and his wife were having dinner at an Avenue A restaurant. There were cones blocking the west side of Avenue A along (from Fourth Street on down) to restrict parking. There weren't any signs indicating what this was for, but all the cones were labeled "MC," Ryan said. A van was parked there, with an extension cord coming out of the rear passenger door that plugged into the panel at the base of a lamp post.

A little later, Ryan's wife goes outside for a cigarette. She asked crew members what they were doing, and they said they were "securing the location" for "A Gifted Man." To which she asked why they needed all the parking now. She said they should have permits up if they want to block the parking. They told her to get lost.

"As we walk out to go home, she slipped a little on the wet pavement, and the bigger buy (there's a few of them) goes, 'I hope you fall on your fucking head you stupid bitch.' I turn around and ask him what the fuck that was for, and he says I should ask my wife. He starts walking away and I ask him directly if they are there filming the CBS show 'A Gifted Man.' He just stares at me, and I repeat my question. He finally says yes and walks away."

As of this morning, the crews weren't set up yet for filming, though someone had posted permits.