3-in-1

Just the other day, I wrote about how the East Village is falling apart, and about urban farming, and about drug addicts.

Little did I ever expect to find all three example in one photograph, on East 4th Street, but here it is — can you spot them?

Falling-apart tree fence.

Mushrooms.

Abandoned syringe.

Good citizen that I am, I called 311 right away, and the Sanitation Department came and removed the syringe!

Sanitation workers certainly have a dangerous job… in the East Village Today!

#eastvillage #4thstreet #abandoned #hypodermicneedles #disrepair #urbanfarming #sanitationdepartment #workers

Urban Farming

When people think of the East Village, they don't usually think about farming. All that's about to change!

This past July, I saw this corn, that had been planted beside a tree sapling, on East 9th Street:

Corn.

Either they didn't plant it early enough, or they didn't fertilize it sufficiently, because it's pretty short for a corn plant in July!

This past weekend, I passed by again, on my way to the 9th Street Block Party. Most were gone, but the one remaining plant looked like it should, for mid-September.

Looking like it should.

Urban farming is the way of the future… in the East Village Today!

#eastvillage #9thstreet #corn #urbanfarming