Falling-Down Building

Sometimes people ask me, they say: "Hey East Village Today, what's up with that building on Avenue C and East 3rd Street, anyway?"

Building on Avenue C and East 3rd Street – 9/2014.

Well, the answer is this: It's falling down. Take a look:

Sagging in the middle, separating on the left edge.

There's even a chain attached to the scaffolding, but I don't know which one is holding up which!

Chain attaching building to scaffolding.

One of these days it's just going to crash to the ground, pulling the scaffolding down on top of it. Someone will say: "Was that a truck driving by?"

"I don't know. I guess we'll hear about it on the news tomorrow."

Eventually, I'll pass by again and think: What was it that used to be there?

Just another day… in the East Village!

#eastvillage #abandonedbuildings #avenuec 3rdstreet #chains

Avenue C Jogging Society

UPDATED 2/8

It certainly was a busy day on Avenue C today! First the tree trimming, then cars backing out of East 4th Street, then this:

Avenue C Jogging Society.

My guess is that they're getting ready for the New York City Marathon next September.

You can't really see it, but the car behind them was a Sanitation Department Police car, that didn't seem to be in any hurry to pass them!

East Villagers love their cardiovascular fitness!

#eastvillage #avenuec

East 4th Street Blocked

While taking pictures of the tree trimming going on on Avenue C today, I noticed that cars were backing out of East 4th Street onto Avenue C. This only happens when the street is blocked for some reason, like a fire or construction.

I walked down the block to see what was going on, and saw this:

Big ol' cement truck blocking the street.

Here's a close-up:

Close-up.

I'm glad that's not my car! Oh wait, I don't have a car!

Here's a view of the activities taking place on the other side:

Putty, putty… cement mixer.

It was pretty loud. I feel sorry for the people living in the building there — no beauty rest today!

East Villagers love their beauty rest!

#eastvillage #construction #4thstreet #cement #trucks

Tree Trimming on Avenue C

I was walking down Avenue C today when I saw this:

Tree work ahead.

The Emerald Tree Care Company was removing unwanted branches from trees on this block.

Here is a close-up of the trimming:

Close-up of tree trimming.

Further up Avenue C, I saw this:

Trimming and shredding.

It was a busy day for tree maintenance… in the East Village Today!

#eastvillage #avenuec #trees #emeraldtreecarecompany

Glacier on First Avenue

There was some serious glacier action happening on First Avenue and East 2nd Street last night and today. This is a picture of the glacier last night:

Black-ice glacier with white caps.

I went back over this morning, to see if the glacier had moved, or melted. Instead, this is what I saw:

Glacier with salt.

Someone dumped a massive amount of salt on it!

It's a winter wonderland… in the East Village!

#eastvillage #firstavenue 2ndstreet #glaciers

Primed And Ready To Go

On December 31, I wrote about a building on the corner of Avenue A and East 9th Street that was being primed for painting.

This past Sunday, I passed by again to find the job finished:

Primed and ready to go.

The people who live in this building are lucky — their building is sure to be the envy of the block!

I wonder what color it'll be?!

#eastvillage #avenuea #9thstreet #paint

Very Large Array of Dream Catchers

I was walking down East 10th Street, oh, about 28 days ago, when I passed by this very large array of dream catchers in front of Crystal's Garden:

Very large array of dream catchers.

The cool thing about dream catchers is that they work even before you buy them, so that this very large array is at work even now!

This is why the East Village is so cool — no bad dreams ever pass through!

#eastvillage #10thstreet #crystalsgarden #dreamcatchers

Darn Fine Woodworking

I was walking across East 5th Street about 25 days ago, when I saw this:

Truck behind piece of fence.

What first caught my attention was the way the wood was cut to allow the truck door to open. Darn fine woodworking there!

Then I noticed that the fence put up to block access to the truck cab was only two section wide! Strange, no?

So what holds it in place, I wondered? Upon inspection, I discovered it:

Twister-tie holds truck mirror to fence.

What's the purpose of that fence, to begin with? Is the door to the truck unlocked?

East Villagers love fine woodworking!

#eastvillage #5thstreet #trucks #fences

A Long Way Down

I was walking across St. Mark's Place this past Sunday, when I saw this cellar door open, just below a set of stairs:

Long way down.

It's really a wonder more people don't fall down these things, the way they're just left open like this.

#eastvillage #open #doors #stmarksplace

The 39th Day of Christmas

If the Days of Christmas were greater than 12, this past Sunday, when I took this picture, would have been the 39th day!

Everybody sing!

On the 39th day of Christmas
my true love gave to me
an or-nament hanging in a treeeee!

Or-nament hanging in a treeeee!

Oh yes, this was on East 3rd Street.

Didn't I tell you East Villagers love Christmas?!

#eastvillage #christmas #decorations 3rdstreet