Abandoned Shoes

I was walking across East 7th Street this past Tuesday, when I saw a box up ahead.

"What could that be?" I thought to myself.

A box.

I went in for a closer look.

A closer look.

It was a pair of abandoned shoes — Topshop, no less!

It reminded me of a scene from "Waiting For Godot", which I will quote here:

VLADIMIR:
Your boots, what are you doing with your boots? 

ESTRAGON:
(turning to look at the boots). I'm leaving them there. (Pause.) Another will come, just as... me, but with smaller feet, and they'll make him happy. 

VLADIMIR:
But you can't go barefoot! 

ESTRAGON:
Christ did. 

VLADIMIR:
Christ! What has Christ got to do with it. You're not going to compare yourself to Christ! 

ESTRAGON:
All my life I've compared myself to him.

There you are, on this Black Friday…

#eastvillage #7thstreet #abandonedshoes #blackfriday #goodfriday #topshop #waitingforgodot

Abandoned Shoes

East Villagers are a thoughtful lot. If one of them has something, a pair of shoes, for instance, that don't fit, or he doesn't like the color, or the style, or the brand, whatever, he'll put them out for someone else to take.

Behold:

On First Avenue.

In that case, finding these shoes will be even more propitious for the finder, because they're outside the beloved Foot Gear Plus, on First Avenue.

Foot Gear Plus.

Of course, the owners of Foot Gear Plus are not to happy about this!

#eastvillage #footgearplus #firstavenue #abandonedshoes

Walk / Don't Walk

Speaking of outdoor art galleries, here is an exhibit on the corner of First Avenue and East 7th Street:

Walk / Don't Walk.

I call it "Walk / Don't Walk".

It's like one of those dreams where you're waiting to cross the street, and you don't know when you should go because the signs are facing away from you, and to make matters worse, you're only wearing one shoe, and the other is dangling from the Walk / Don't Walk signs!

Dangling shoe.

East Villagers are nothing if not deep thinkers!

#eastvillage #7thstreet #abandonedshoes #artgalleries #firstavenue #walksigns

Abandoned Shoes

I was walking down Second Avenue this past Wednesday, when I saw this pair of abandoned shoes on the steps of the Middle Collegiate Church:

Abandoned shoes.

Here is a close-up:

Close-up.

Here's an even closer close-up:

Closer close-up.

Some people abandoned babies on the steps of churches — East Villagers abandon shoes!

#eastvillage #abandonedshoes #middlecollegiatechurch #secondavenue #steps