Everything Old is Lou Again

When I first saw this image of Lou Reed, above the awning of the beloved The Crooked Tree, on St. Mark's Place, I thought it was a mosaic.

Lou Reed mosaic?

On closer inspection, I see that it is a mosaic:

Lou Reed mosaic!

Why would someone put up a mosaic of Lou Reed showing what he looked like fifty years ago!, I wondered? Why not put up something showing what he looked like this century:

Lou Reed this century.

Much better!

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