Cool Time

I've been thinking lately of including people in my pictures. What's the point of showing how cool the East Village is, if I don't show people having a good time here?! Eh?

These two women, on First Avenue and East 9th Street, are different heights. In order to see eye-to-eye, the taller one stands in the street while the shorter one stands on the curb:

"Do you think that photographer is from East Village Today?"

Not every picture will show people doing wild and crazy things — sometimes, all you have to do is stand and absorb the coolness, even from a mailbox!

Cool is as cool does… in the East Village Today!

#eastvillage #9thstreet #cool #firstavenue #graffiti #ps122

The East Village is What?

Everywhere you go in the East Village, there are reminders of how cool this place is. Some are subject to interpretation. Others…

Directly behind this…

Give me a C!

Give me an O!

Give me another O!

Give me a L!

What's that spell?!

I'm glad there weren't eleven Os this time!

#eastvillage #cool #ps122

Haringmania

Since the sculpture by Keith Haring was put up on the other side of the Third Avenue border, East Villagers have rediscovered the artist Keith Haring.

I saw this yesterday, on East 9th Street, outside the renovating PS 122:

"I love you Keith Harring" graffiti.

The last name is misspelled, but the sentiment is still there. Keith Haring was himself a graffiti artist!

We want a Keith Haring sculpture too… in the East Village!

#eastvillage #keithharing #9thstreet #ps122

PS 122

I passed by PS 122 (Performance Space 122, formerly a school called PS 122) today, and saw this through an open door:

Inside PS 122.

There appears to be a bit of construction work going on! Maybe even large-scale renovation until 2015!

This is the picture I took of their notice board, a couple of weeks ago:

PS 122's notice board.

Not only was it open, but the glass is missing from both doors!

It's almost like it's abandoned. Maybe someone should squat this building, and start a daycare center and… a performance space! They could call it Children's Liberation Daycare II, and PS 123!

#eastvillage #childrensliberationdaycare #construction #firstavenue #ps122