Another Success

Whenever East Village Today points out a mess that needs to be cleaned, or renovations needed to store fronts, they get fixed!

Back around, oh, October 30th or so, I wrote about an itinerant bookseller outside the formerly-beloved Chase Bank branch on Second Avenue and St. Mark's Place, who put his books on the sidewalk instead of on a table.

No doubt after having read my post, there is now a table at this location:

A table.

Wow — I forgot the Spiderman mosaic was there!

#eastvillage #booksellers #booktables #books #chasebank #constructionsite #mosaics #renovations #secondavenue #spiderman #stmarksplace

Invader 2

As I wrote in Invader 1, Invader is a world-famous artist, who works exclusively in the medium of small ceramic tiles. Recently, he's been working in New York City, including (naturally!) in the East Village!

On Second Avenue at St. Mark's Place, at the beloved, local, recently-closed branch of Chase bank, Invader installed a mosaic of Spiderman, climbing the wall:

Spiderman climbing the wall.

It looks like a whole new mosaic trail is opening up… in the East Village Today!

#eastvillage #artists #chasebank #invader #mosaics #secondavenue #spiderman #stmarksplace

NSFW

There's a part of New York City that's maybe even crazier than the East Village (though not nearly as cool!). It's called the Lower East Side. It doesn't even have a real name, like East Village, or Soho, it's just called by where it is in relation to other parts of the city: lower east side.

Anyway, walking up Eldridge Street today, I spotted this in the distance. I knew right away that it was Spiderman, since he wasn't just a silhouette like in this picture, but I couldn't tell what else was hanging up there…

Spiderman hanging from a wire.

…until I got closer:

No sex please, we're British!