9th Street Block Party 2015

It seems like it was only yesterday that I was writing about the beloved East 9th Street Block Party, and yet it was a year ago! (Whoa! Deja vu!)

This past Saturday, the 9th Street Block Party was in full swing again:

East 9th Street, looking eastward.

Do you remember Old Flat Top? From the early days of East Village Today?

Old Flat Top.

Looks like somebody didn't get the memo!

No Parking Saturday.

Meg was hawking her wares again:

MegWare.

The beloved Superiority Burger was dishing up their famous Frito Pie (Fritos in the bag, some kind of chili stuff, and some kind of cheesy stuff. Trans-fats are vegan!):

Frito Pie. Yum!

The beloved The Upper Rust displayed their tassels on a tassel tree:

Tassel tree.

And East Villagers eagerly checked East Village Today for the latest updates:

"Nothing about the block party yet. I'll keep refreshing my browser!"

Finally, the beloved 9th Street Block Party Band played while people… recorded their surroundings!



A good time was had by all… in the East Village Today!

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East 10th Street Block Fair

It seems like it was only yesterday that I was writing about the beloved East 10th Street Block Fair, and yet it was a year ago!

This past Saturday, the East 10th Street Block Fair was in full swing again:

East 10th Street, in full swing (looking eastward).

There are always lots of black clothes, for the fashionable East Villager:

"What's this white jacket – is Bryan Ferry here?"

East Villagers do love a bargain:

Free Store.

The local jazz band, "taking five":

Taking five.

This t-shirt looks like the Pink Floyd's The Wall hammer insignia, but sideways! It was probably a printing error — maybe he picked it up at the Free Store!

Sideways hammers insignia.

There was a big, empty space where Stuyvesant Street intersected East 10th Street that would have been perfect for a mime:

Big empty, mimeless space.

Someone seems to have taken a hack saw to this guitar:

Guitar hack job.

Pantone swatch books are always a popular gift for the East Village artist:

"How much do you want for this? … One of the 235 chips is missing."

And the East 10th Street Block Fair comes to an end:

At Second Avenue, looking westward.

Goodbye again, until next year!

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