Sidewalk Appropriation

The beloved Recycle-A-Bicycle, on Avenue C above East 5th Street, never used sidewalk space to store their wares.

Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of the beloved East Village Bikes, as seen (again) this past Saturday afternoon:

The same cannot be said.

East Village businesses love sidewalk appropriation!

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East Village Bikes, by George

Here's another one for the "Don't blink or you'll miss it" file!

I was walking down Avenue C — oh, back on April 12 — when I saw that the beloved Recycle-A-Bicycle was gone!

Recycle-A-Bicycle — gone.

I checked out the sign in the window (with the groovy leopard-skin tape!):

Groovy leopard-skin tape.

They weren't kidding when they said it was coming soon. I passed by there again this past Sunday, and the new, beloved East Village Bikes was open, and they have a dog!

Official dog of East Village Bikes.

There's a sign in window that says they accept donations:

Sign in window.

You could give them some money, I suppose, but me: I'm going to give them dog treats!

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