Guitar Tops, AirBnb, & Fence-Scaling

I was walking down Second Avenue last Sunday, when I saw this abandoned guitar top in the vacant lot on the right, at East 7th Street:

Abandoned guitar top.

I almost didn't take a picture of it. I thought: What am I going to say about this thing?

Then!… after I left the East Village walking tour yesterday, I was walking back across St. Mark's Place, when I saw this recent addition to the East Village AirBnB listings, outside the formerly-beloved Village Gifts:

"Airy, St. Mark's Place location."

There it was, hanging on the back wall:

The same guitar top.

It's the same guitar top!

This can only mean on thing: Crusties have been scaling the fence surrounding the vacant lots on Second Avenue!

Who knew they had it in them?

#eastvillage #airbnb #guitars #stmarksplace #villagegifts

Red Light District?

I was walking across East 9th Street today, when I saw this outside the renovating PS 122:

Red light.

I don't know if you can see that, but it's a red light in a mason jar or something. It made me wonder if someone has taken up working out of the empty space!

Then on the next block I saw another:

Another red light.

Usually at this time of year, I would attribute it to Christmas decorations, but in both cases there is only one light!

Move over, Air BnB — East Villagers have found another way to pay the rent!

#eastvillage #9thstreet #airbnb