Pants Heads

I almost made this a part of No Parking, but I decided it deserved a story of its own!

This is a close-up of the posters on the construction wall on St. Mark's Place, just in from Second Avenue:

Pants heads.

Pants heads!

I guarantee that within the next couple of weeks, stylish East Villagers will be walking around with pants on their heads — I know I will!

#eastvillage #stmarksplace #garbagecans #2x4s #posters #advertising #booktables

No Parking

Back in June, I wrote about the gentrification that happened on Second Avenue, that displaced the beloved bookseller.

It looks like he's really taken to his new St. Mark's Place location though! Passing by yesterday, I saw this line of garbage cans and 2x4s that not only prevent people from parking beside his tables, but give him mobility behind them:

Mobility behind them.

I wouldn't be surprised to see walls go up there soon!

#eastvillage #2x4s #blockades #booktables #booksellers #garbagecans #noparking

Crusties vs. Bookseller

Walking around the East Village today, I noticed that the guy who usually blocks half the sidewalk on Second Avenue with his book tables had moved onto St. Mark's Place:

On St. Mark's Place.

In his place on Second Avenue were these crusties:

Crusties.

I'm going to guess that the crusties were already in place when the bookseller arrived, and he didn't even bother trying to set up there!

Who will claim the space tomorrow? Stay tuned!

#eastvillage #booktables #booksellers #crusties #secondavenue #stmarksplace

Sad Old Man Table

Anyone who has walked up Avenue A has certainly seen the collection of sad old men standing around the beloved book table on the corner of St. Mark's Place:

Sad old men.

Unfortunately for her, they're not there to buy books, they're there to talk to the woman who sells the books — she's cute as a bug!

Sad old men get their books from the library!

#eastvillage #booktables #avenuea, #stmarksplace

Bookseller Way

Here is a picture of the sidewalk in front of the formerly-beloved branch of Chase Bank, on the corner of Second Avenue and St. Mark's Place, the day after it snowed:

The day after.

Apparently, the shoveller couldn't be bothered to make a path wider than the shovel itself!

If you are familiar with this corner, you will recall that this is where an East Village street vendor sells books. He was not set up on the day I took this picture, but the very next day, there he was again:

The very next day.

Notice how he set up his table alongside the path, causing people who stopped at his tables to divert foot-traffic into the hazardous area behind them!

#eastvillage #booktables #booksellers #chasebank #secondavenue #sidewalks #snow #stmarksplace

Another Success

Whenever East Village Today points out a mess that needs to be cleaned, or renovations needed to store fronts, they get fixed!

Back around, oh, October 30th or so, I wrote about an itinerant bookseller outside the formerly-beloved Chase Bank branch on Second Avenue and St. Mark's Place, who put his books on the sidewalk instead of on a table.

No doubt after having read my post, there is now a table at this location:

A table.

Wow — I forgot the Spiderman mosaic was there!

#eastvillage #booksellers #booktables #books #chasebank #constructionsite #mosaics #renovations #secondavenue #spiderman #stmarksplace

Every Book $1 Each

Today was a day for signs!

I saw this book table on First Avenue:

Book table.

And on this book table was this sign:

Sign on book table.

It's redundant.

There wasn't a very good selection at this table — that's probably why they were only $1.

#eastvillage #firstavenue #booktables #signs

Book Table on Avenue A

Something you rarely see anywhere today is people selling books on the street. Even in the East Village, the tables (or tarps on the ground) were over on Second Avenue, not Avenue A.

I rarely buy books any more. If there's something I want to read, I get it from the library. Only if it's something I want to be able to refer to in the future will I buy it.

This table is outside an empty storefront, on the same block as the vacant stretch of buildings mentioned in a previous post. I wonder if this is an ill omen?