Leave LegoMan Alone!

I post about this small piece of wall on East 4th Street so often, I'm thinking of starting a new blog devoted to it!

I think I'll call it: thissmallpieceofwall.com

Everyone knows the LegoMan / IsThatPhoebe / Humen Bote / Eiffel Tower Postcard / graffiti wall, right?

Take a look are what happened to Lego Man:

J.R. "Bob" Dobbs face sticker.

There's a J.R. "Bob" Dobbs face on him! Who even knew sub-geniuses were still a thing?!

Five short days later, the sticker was gone:

Sticker is gone.

But the cat was out of the bag, so to speak — LegoMan can no longer remain unsullied:

Sullied.

It's like My Favorite Martian meets Bender!

#eastvillage #4thstreet #graffiti #humenbote #isthatphoebe #jrbobdobbs #legoman #myfavoritemartian #bender

Humen Bote

This morning, as I walked past the East 4th Street Lego Man again, something jumped out at me.

No, not a mugger! It was the very groovy skeleton graffiti sticker!

See it?

Here is a close-up:

Close-up.

My first thought was to write "Groovy Skeleton and IsThatPhoebe, sitting in a tree…", but then I found out something amazing: The groovy skeleton is done by an eight-year-old boy!

It's true! His father wheat-pastes them up around the city!

Thanks to JodoNYC, official graffitier of East Village Today,  for that information.

#eastvillage #4thstreet #ethanarmen #graffitistickers #humenbote #instagram #isthatphoebe #jodonyc #legoman

Three Cans… Revisited

One month and four days ago, I took a picture of shiny, new recycling and trash cans on the corner of Second Avenue and East 11th Street.

When I posted the story on Neighborhood Square, the following discussion ensued:

Discussion.

True to my word, here is an updated picture:

Updated picture.

I don't know… looks like East Villagers are pretty clean — even if they do leave their bricks lying around!

If you still can't tell, here is a close-up:

Close-up.

Cool and clean… that's the East Village Today!

#eastvillage #11thstreet #neighborhoodsquare #recycling #secondavenue #skeletonhead #trashcans #humenbote

Three Cans and a Graffiti

I was riding my Citibike down Second Avenue yesterday when, as all law-abiding East Villagers do, I stopped at the red light.

While waiting for the light to turn green, I noticed an array of multi-colored receptacles beside me, leading to the very groovy skeleton head we've all come to love:

Multi-colored receptacles.

By the way, did you know the very groovy skeleton head has a name?

Travel forward to a future blog post find out about it!

#eastvillage #graffiti #recycling #secondavenue #skeletonhead #trashcans #humenbote

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

What did I say about blinking? Don't do it — you'll miss something!

Tonight I was walking down Avenue A, when I saw the OSHA graffiti, that I posted a picture of a mere five days ago, was gone!

Behold:

OSHA graffiti gone.

In its place is the very groovy skeleton head we've all come to love, on a plywood board!

A plywood board? Oh yes — the glass is missing too!

Pretty soon, squatters will be living in this place!

#eastvillage #avenuea #graffiti #humenbote #osha #skeletonhead