Board Reward

I was walking across East 7th Street a couple of weeks ago, when I noticed this board with writing on it sitting on top of these garbage bags, in front of the beloved The Cut Barber Shop:

Board with writing.

I wondered what was written on it, so I looked!

Behold:

Please return to Igor.

How did this board get so far from East 14th Street, I wondered?

Could it be that Igor paid someone to put the board here, to entice some The Cut patron into returning it, in the hopes of obtaining a $50 cash reward, only to be presented upon arrival with a coupon for $50 off any $100 or more treatment at the beloved Big Apple Barber Shop?

Stranger things have been known to happen!

#eastvillage #7thstreet #bigapplebarbershop #boards #thecutbarbershop

Missing iBeam

Do you remember the picture of the construction site on East 6th Street, where an iBeam was required to hold up the buildings on either side of the site?

Of course you do!

Since that time, the lease must have expired on the iBeam, because it's gone now.

Fear not, for it has been replaced with… lumber!

iBeam replaced with lumber.

I decided to get a close-up. Fortunately, the way was clear:

Here is a close-up:

Close-up.

Even though these boards are bundled, you can see they are bowing.

At least they're joined securely to the buildings:

Uh oh…

Strike that.

Are those twisty-ties holding those boards together?

#eastvillage #2x4s #6thstreet #constructionsites #ibeams #jerseybarriers #orangecones #twistyties