The Grass of East 13th Street

Part of the charm of the East Village is its desolation: dilapidated signs, fences, buildings, all create a sense of abandonment that is highly prized.

The Jefferson, a building that stretches between East 13th and 14th Streets, between Second and Third Avenues, maintains this look. They planted grass, in the place of flowers or shrubs, and let it grow wild, to replicate the grass that grows in abandoned lots, or out of the cracks of broken sidewalks:

Wild grass.

In other areas, this would evoke the wrath of the neighborhood association — in the East Village, it might help them win the Mollie Parnis Dress Up Your Neighborhood Contest!

Congratulations!

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The Jefferson

"Well we're moving on down
to the (Lower) East Side
to a dee-lux apartment
in the sky"
Theme from "The Jeffersons"

I was walking across East 13th street this morning, when I saw a building down the street that stood out from the others. The architecture was very nice, and by that I mean the materials and the design and such.

When I got closer, I saw that it was called The Jefferson:

The Jefferson.

Somebody left the light on on the 3rd Floor!

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