Sunday, January 8, 2012
ConEd back in transformer action on Avenue A today
They ConEddies are back in action today on Avenue A. Yesterday, workers gingerly removed a (100 ton?) transformer from the substation on Avenue A between Sixth Street and Fifth Street ... today, the workers will be putting the new transformer(s) in place.
And all together now...
Something evil's watching over you
Comin' from the sky above
there's nothing you can do
Prepare to strike
There'll be no place to run
When your caught within the grip
Of the evil Megatron
Transformers
More than meets the eye
Transformers
Robots in Disguise
Reminders today: Day 2 of MulchFest in Tompkins Square Park
So, at least while we were around, it was a fairly low-key — but productive! — day of mulching yesterday... we didn't spot any politicos in protective eyewear... there wasn't a radio station sponsor like last year (the now-defunct WRXP, who seriously played "Laid" by James at the start of the festivities). Read our report from last year here.
Anyway, so — wait...sir? Sir! Watch out for the mulcher while walking and texting...
As we were saying, all the action was on Avenue A yesterday. Apparently transformers are cooler than mulchers.
Photos by Bobby Williams.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Today in photos of ConEd putting in a new transformer on Avenue A
If you walked along Avenue A today, then you likely noticed the cranes, flatbeds, ConEd workers, etc., hanging around... the crew was on the scene to put in a new transformer in the ConEd substation between Fifth Street and Sixth Street... today, ConEd removed the old transformer; tomorrow, they'll put in the new replacement (which will actually be four smaller transformers, according to one of the 300 workers on the scene...) Photos here by Bobby Williams...
Transformers in the night...
Invasion of the Transformer People!
This is the old transformer (100 tons!) that ConEd removed this afternoon from its substation on Avenue A between Fifth Street and Sixth Street... it was quite the Social Event...
Previously.
Birds of summer, er — winter
Along Avenue A near Tompkins Square Park. These are Anton van Dalen's pigeons...
And 60 degrees at 2:02 p.m.
Photo by Shawn Chittle.
A ConEd Day today on Avenue A
They're putting up something or another atop the substation here on Avenue A between Sixth Street and Fifth Street... And nearly every ConEd employee is on hand to watch. Avenue A is screwy from Fourth Street to Seventh Street. Down to one lane.
[Updated] Reader report: Small fire Smoke spotted above La Palapa
Via @pablo_escolar comes word that passersby spotted smoke on the ledge/balcony above La Palapa on St. Mark's Place, just west of First Avenue. The FDNY were quickly on the scene and seemed to have the situation under control, he reported. More to come, if necessary...
All is well. Restaurant is open as usual... the smoke/flames/raging inferno had nothing to do with La Palapa, we're told...
Updated:
DNAinfo has a report too...Apparently some garbage on the balcony somehow caught fire... "It was no big deal," Judy Maeda, the restaurant's maître d’, told DNA. "It was just smoke, no flames."
Updated:
A few more photos from the morning via @pablo_escolar
Another stump for Tompkins Square Park
Yesterday, workers were on hand to remove the rest of the tree that came down last week near Seventh Street and Avenue A ...
I've lost track of the number of trees we've lost in the Park last year... 6? 7?
Photos by Bobby Williams.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Rat-a-pooey
A few people gathered this afternoon in Tompkins Square Park...
...to watch a red-tailed hawk dine on today's special ...
...to watch a red-tailed hawk dine on today's special ...
Your weekend MTA planner!
Only the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, A, C, D, E, F, G, J, N, Q, R, and S lines will have service disruptions this weekend.
Amazingly enough, as @andytabb pointed out, the L will be running...
[Image via QuarterSnacks]
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