The Post… is Gone

I was walking down East 9th Street this evening, on my way home from work, when I saw… this:

The post… is gone.

The post, outside the 9th Street Haberdashery, about which I posted many times, is gone!

I have to say, it looks much nicer. The bench actually looks inviting now!

I predicted back in February that 2015 would be "the year of The Great East Village Fix‑'Em‑Upper", and it's turning out that way in spades!

It's kind of scary, really. What will I have to write about, in the East Village Today?

#eastvillage #9thstreet #9thstreethaberdashery #disrepair

9th Street Post Revisited

One of my first-ever blog posts was about a post, this one:

Post.

This post is outside the 9th Street Haberdashery, on East 9th Street. You can read what I wrote here.

Today, I want to take this time to point out something this post needs, namely: connections.

If you take a look at this close-up, you will see that there is nothing connecting the post to its bottom support:

Lack of support.

Seeing how so many East Villagers have been responding to my call to tidy things up, I expect 2015 will be the year of The Great East Village Fix‑'Em‑Upper, where the East Village will be restored to its former pristine glory!

#eastvillage #9thstreet #9thstreethaberdashery #deterioration

Mystery Cable

Last week, I posted something about a gathering of orange cones in front of the 9th Street Haberdashery. In that picture, you may have noticed a cable of sorts running across the top, a quarter of the way down from the top. I almost mentioned, it but didn't.

Picture from "Cone Moot", with mystery cable.

Yesterday, I passed by this area again, and I discovered that the cable was put up to string Christmas lights!

Christmas lights cable.

I should have known! If the East Village is Whoville, East 9th Street is the Whoville town square!

#eastvillage #9thstreet #9thstreethaberdashery #christmas

Third Time's… Almost A Charm

At the beginning of November, I wrote a follow-up story on the 9th Street Haberdashery's need for paint.

Today, I passed by there again. As I noted in my follow-up, they had taken my advice, but in the wrong way. This time, they're coming around:

No more paint can.

One small step at a time — by this time next year this place will be in top form!

#eastvillage #9thstreet #9thstreethaberdashery #paint #disrepair

Another Post About a Post

In my first post about this wooden post in front of the 9th Street Haberdashery on East 9th Street, I wrote:

How much would a can of paint and a brush cost?

It looks like someone over there took this seriously! But I think they misunderstood my meaning:

"East Village Today was right! This paint can is perfect!"

Wuddaya gonna do?!

#eastvillage #9thstreet #9thstreethaberdashery #disrepair #paint

"Post" Addendum

Some of today's posts are follow-ups to posts from earlier in the week. Like this one. This is the 9th Street Haberdashery sign I mentioned in another post:

9th Street Haberdashery Sign

You can see what disrepair it's in. Most of the right half is beset with mold — there is also a horizontal crack running through it. (The white lettering is another issue, unrelated.)

East Villagers love their dilapidation!

Post

This is a post, and it's about a post! Namely, this one:

Wooden post, in center

It's not just about the post, it's about the general state of disrepair of the 9th Street Haberdashery. Even the sign itself is a mess.

I don't understand why so many businesses operate as little more than pushcarts. How much would a can of paint and a brush cost? Who's attracted to this? Do they have regular customers who would balk at a new paint job?

They should repaint, find a new piece of driftwood to hand-letter their name on, and repair that fence and post. Wood needs to be taken care of, you know.