a thing in 157 photos east village They're turning a parking lot in the neighborhood into a new building. ...to see that the corner across from my apartment had been taken over for a movie shoot. They'd even set up a fake subway entrance on the opposite corner! On Monday morning I looked out my window.... Rainy / sleety Friday. Clayworks, the old pottery studio in the East Village, closed down after 44 years! I like my neighborhood. Someone hung these up around the park to try to get people to pick up their dog poop. "Do the right thing" Walking Maddy in the snow, passed a new store front gallery in the neighborhood. ...and a snowy day outside. New York City, you are at times, the most-cruel mistress. Must've been a sick bike. Sunday night I watched the Michael Alago Netflix documentary called "Who the F**ck is That Guy" and there were some great shots of my Alphabet City neighborhood from the early 80s. Found this cat lady action figure out for the trash on my block. On Wednesday morning, I walked out my building and noticed that someone had turned one of the willow tree stumps into a giant sculpture of Groot from Avengers. We wandered around and grabbed a bite after. On my walk home spotted *GASP* a Starbucks in the East Village. The neighborhood has always been changing, but this was a weird milestone. On the walk home spotted a neighborhood flyer alerting people to death of Eddie. I think it's sweet when people do this. While out walking Maddy... ...I noticed someone had put up a passive aggressive generation burn note on the La Plaza community bulletin board. Spicy! Wispy clouds on Monday. Met up with this guy to help him with some tech stuff. ...exploring La Plaza with Maddy. Thursday afternoon... On the way home I picked through a bunch of awesomely shitty sci books that someone had chucked. Oh....you know, just enjoying my egg & cheese croissant and enjoying a little Saturday sunshine in Tompkins....what are you up to? Saw this great flyer while out and about on Thursday. Afterward's we hit Lucy's for a few late night drinks. ...we were the only people in the place. Smoke tree blossing on my block in Alphabet City! So Dr. Seussy! Stopped off at Stromboli for this top notch lunch with a beer. Mmmm. Love the late 80s beastie boys photo they have on their wall. ...Dan Smith (who will teach you to play guitar) has a brand new flier! Later that afternoon I took a snowy walk through the park over to... Watched the kids in my neighborhood ride back and forth in a giant bike gang pulling wheelies. Someone put up this great piece of anti-trump art in Tompkins. Another snowman spotted on my walk home. ...looks like this. It makes me feel... Woke up to a snow storm on Thursday. When the weather outside... Nothing worse than coming back to rainy snow in New York after a January trip to Florida. Boooo. Was still snowing in the afternoon. ...the snow started coming down. NO CASH! punk show bands always have the best names. Recovery day after Grant's 40th birthday party at the Slipper Room. Got me a soft spot for neighborhood RIP flyers. See you around, Jimmy! An auspicious sign to begin a road trip! As we were leaving the East Village, there was a really great rainbow! From an era that is not-so-slowly disappearing. Got an afternoon rainshower, but otherwise perfect party weather! Woke up early on Wednesday to perfect weather and walked over to... Watched a man in a pirate costume pedal by on a recombinant bike that was housed in a painted, cardboard facade of a pirate ship. Lol. Looked out the window to find the paper mache dragon I'd seen my neighbors making in the garden a few days earlier! Looked really great after being painted! Woke up Sunday morning to the sounds of a street parade! Wednesday afternoon jackhammer fuckery afoot outside my office windowwwwwww. Got a serious steam & plunge on at the Russian Baths. ConEd was already on the scene. Woke up early Saturday morning to some kind of crazy explosion sound. Looked out my window and there was smoke pouring out of grates across the street. ...and the annual neighborhood tradition where they re-enact the crucifixion in PARADE form. ...pipe-reinforced full-cab pickup in the hood! Spent a raining Monday at home... New veggie burger place on the block! Snowy Friday morning! By Sunday the snow had finally stopped and people started coming out of their homes again. ...and a ton of snow on the ground! Afternoon rainbow over the EV! ...after weeks of putting up with annoying film crews in the neighborhood they try to pretend like 7B bar is on 9th & 39th! I like vans with messages. Gael Garcia Bernal in front of the La Plaza gates. Later that evening I watched Mozart in the Jungle to find the scene they'd filmed on my block the back in September of 2014. It was a rainy, chilly morning... Headed out into the world. Digging the newly-painted purple footprints. ...and someone dunked their feet in purple paint and made footsteps that go between the two community gardens. (Adam Purple pretty much single-handedly created every garden in the Lower East Side by riding his bike up to the central park horse stables, collecting manure, and carting it back downtown to mix into the soil around all the empty lots where they'd torn buildings down. Over the years and through thousands of trips with manure, he turned all the empty lots into fertile topsoil where plants could grow! On Saturday morning I went over to La Plaza for Adam Purple's memorial. On the walk home I passed the La Plaza bulletin board and learned that Adam Purple had died. Dog walks and later summer skies. Lining up for the woodchipper! Came back to find the tree totally gone. Came downstairs to watch them trim it down piece by piece. The city contractors had come to remove one of the giant willow trees that had been damaged by salt water flooding during Hurricane Sandy. Lots of hub-bub in the hood bright and early on Monday morning! Murals on 12th st. ...and we walked over to the Grape & Grain.... Post-rain early evening view from my... Walked through a movie shoot on the way home. Cool tarot card stickers in my hood. Watched the fireworks from my living room window and felt old / sort of happy that I didn't want to go out and do anything Did you know that there are peach trees in Manhattan? I ate two delicious East Village peaches right off the tree! Art someone bolted to a street sign in my neighborhood. Nice neighborhood flyer to announce the passing of my neighbor Jerome. New piece of art hanging in the window on E 9th St. No one hurt just dented doors. ...of taxi impact. Got this excellent flyer handed to me by neighbors in my building advertising their awesome upcoming party! (I obviously went!) Was early so I could walk Maddy before aikido class. They closed the gas station on the corner of Houston & Ave C Love me a good econoline. Got drunk as a skunk and talked about life with these two lovelies. So sad. See ya later trees! The block.
