Winter Wonderland of Snow

East Villagers woke up this morning to discover… it was snowing!

Behold:

East 5th Street, in the snow.

Sixth Street and Avenue B Community Garden, in the snow.

Avenue B and East 7th Street entrance to Tompkins Square Park, in the snow.

Water fountain, in the snow.

Some trees, in the snow.

Women's Christian Temperance Union fountain, in the snow.

Some more trees, in the snow.

A row of benches, in the snow.

Where the church lady preaches, in the snow.

During the past two officially-declared winter storms, Winter Storm Skylar and Winter Storm Toby, we got almost no snow. Today, with no official designation, we got all this!

I declare this: Winter Storm East Village Today!

#eastvillage #5thstreet #7thstreet #avenueb #benches #chairs #communitygardens #sixthstreetavenuebcommunitygarden #snow #stmarksplace #tompkinssquarepark #waterfountains #wctu #winterwonderland

Makeshift Memorial

I was walking through Tompkins Square Park recently, when I saw this makeshift hanging on a fence behind some benches:

Behind some benches.

Here is a close-up:

Close-up.

It looks some kind of Italian renaissance painter, or something!

#eastvillage #benches #fences #flowers #memorials #tompkinssquarepark #italianrenaissance

Two Tables

I was walking up First Avenue last week, when I saw these two abandoned tables, in front of either some formerly- or currently-beloved establishment:

Two abandoned tables.

The black one might be a bench!

#eastvillage #abandonedfurniture #benches #firstavenue #tables

Bench Up, Bench Down

I was walking across East 3rd Street — lo, these seventeen days ago — when I saw this metal bench, chained to these air-conditioner-accommodating anti-theft bars:

Bench, chained.

That's one way to stop people from walking away with your bench!

However, the very next day, the bench was upended!

Behold:

Bench, upended.

It's hard to know if it was a frustrated thief, or a satisfied vandal, behind this chicanery!

#eastvillage #3rdstreet #antitheftbars #benches #vandalism

Upright Sleeping Only

I took this picture on March 31, but I couldn't think of what to say about it, other that upright sleeping only is allowed on this bench in Abe Lebewohl Park, in front of St. Mark's Church, on Second Avenue:

Upright sleeping only.

#eastvillage #abelebewohlpark #benches #secondavenue #stmarkschurch

Bench Repaired

Back on approximately March 20, as I was passing through Tompkins Square Park, I saw that the Parks Department workers had replaced two boards in a bench at the Avenue B/East 7th Street entranceway:

Two boards replaced.

Who even knew that the two previous boards needed replacing? The Parks Department, that's who!

The next time you're passing through Tompkins Square Park, come check out their handiwork — you'll be glad you did!

#eastvillage #benches #parksdepartmentworkers #tompkinssquarepark #avenueb #7thstreet

Private Bench

It looks like the Hell's Angels aren't the only people with private benches:

You may recall that Otafuku x Medetai has their own private trash can, too.