A Blue Door

You don't see too many blue doors in the East Village, especially of the wooden variety.

Here is one on East 6th Street:

Blue door.

They were smart to put a gate around it — no one wants someone walking right up to their front door!

#eastvillage #doors #6thstreet #gates

Interesting Gate

Among the many things the East Village is known for, interesting gates isn't one of them (except to the degree that rickety old gates are interesting)!

After seeing this gate however, on East 9th Street, maybe it should be:

Interesting gate.

Here is a close-up:

Close-up.

Kind of a strange construction. I would have capped that top block — who knows how much litter is inside that thing?!

#eastvillage #9thstreet #gates #cementblocks