Close Call

Apart from when actors, and painters, and poets, and writers, and dancers, and film makers, and musicians, and sculptors, and photographers, and jewelers, and graphic artists and suchlike move here, the East Village stays insulated from the outside world — they like it that way!

So it came as an unexpected surprise when none other than the President of America, Mr. Barack Obama himself, circumnavigated the East Village. The ripples caused traffic jams where there wasn't even traffic before!

Here are some pictures of the traffic jams:

Second Avenue and East 7th Street traffic jam.

Avenue A and East 6th Street traffic jam.

Avenue B and East 6th Street traffic jam.

Avenue C and East 4th Street traffic jam.

Just think what would have happened if the President had come into the East Village — people's heads would have exploded!

One day later, life has returned to normal, as can be seen by this discarded Cut Flowers box, with petals in it, on East 4th Street:

Cut Flowers box, with petals in it.

Another infiltration averted — the East Village Today abides.

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There's No Traffic Like Snow Traffic

I was walking around the East Village this past Saturday night, when I noticed a great many automobiles on Second Avenue:

A preponderance of automobiles.

It was as if everyone was either entering or leaving the East Village!

Here's another shot from the intersection at St. Mark's Place:

Traffic on Second Avenue at St. Mark's Place.

As you can imagine, they were moving quite slowly!

There's always something to see… in the East Village Today!

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Black Friday Traffic Jam

While there was very little traffic in the rest of the East Village yesterday during Black Friday, East 3rd Street saw this traffic jam, caused in part by double-parked cars during alternate-side parking hours, and a passing garbage truck:

Traffic jam on East 3rd Street.

Cars were backed up all the way to Avenue B! There were no reported incidents of road rage though — East Villagers tend to remain calm during such occurrences.

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