Or Else

East Villagers, especially East 4th Street East Villagers, are accustomed to losing their lampposts.

A couple of weeks ago, this one disappeared from in front of the beloved Roberto Clemente School:

Disappeared.

East 4th Streeters say "Bring it back, or… ELSE!"

In no time (this past Tuesday), the Department of Lampposts sent a truck to replace it — or so it seemed:

Fixing the lamppost.

They even put an orange cone on top of the stump, so no one would sit there!

When I passed by again, the next day, this is what I found:

New cement.

All of that fanfare, just to put new cement around the stump. They didn't even put it back in the right position!

It may be dark all the way down East 4th Street, at night, but they have some darn fine sidewalks!

#eastvillage #lampposts #cement #sidewalks #orangecones #4thstreet #departmentoftransportation #graffiti #else 

Tr(i)ump(h)

I was walking across East 2nd Street some time ago, when I noticed something odd about the metal plate the Department of Transportation workers used to cover excavations and street defects during construction projects:

Metal plate.

If you look at it quickly, it looks like Trump!

Weird, no?

East Villagers are susceptible to subliminal messages!

#eastvillage #avenuea #departmentoftransportation #metalplates #subliminalmessages #donaldtrump

Making the East Village Safer

Back in July, 2015, I wrote about efforts underway then to make the busiest entry-point into the East Village safer.

Today, I am happy to report that there has been great progress since that time!

Behold:

Great progress.

There is still much work to be done though:

Much work to be done.

So the next time you find yourself at Third Avenue and St. Mark's Place, tell the Department of Transportation workers there: "Good job! Thank you for keeping us safe… in the East Village Today!"

#eastvillage #constructionworkers #departmentoftransportation #stmarksplace #thirdavenue #trafficislands

City Bikes

Not every assemblage of bicycles in the East Village is a Citibike station. On East 4th Street, these bikes are locked up in a Bike Corral, to racks called CityRacks, installed by the Department of Transportation:

Bike corral.

East Villagers are serious about biking!

#eastvillage #4thstreet #cityracks #bikecorrals #bicycles #dot