Some things never change… in the East Village Today!
#eastvillage #tompkinssquarepark #frisbee #dogs
Sunday, October 18, 2015
Frisbee Dog
I was walking through Tompkins Square Park yesterday, when I saw this dog, retrieving a Frisbee:
Some things never change… in the East Village Today!
#eastvillage #tompkinssquarepark #frisbee #dogs
Some things never change… in the East Village Today!
#eastvillage #tompkinssquarepark #frisbee #dogs
What If I Shot My Videos with an iPhone?
Have you ever wondered what it would look like if I were one of those iPhone people, who shot vertical videos?
I think it might look something like this:
Keeping video horizontal… in the East Village Today!
#eastvillage #video #tompkinssquarepark #squirrels
I think it might look something like this:
Keeping video horizontal… in the East Village Today!
#eastvillage #video #tompkinssquarepark #squirrels
Friday, October 16, 2015
Hodgepodge – Summer to Fall 2015
I've been shooting snippets of videos of life in the East Village ever since I lost my camera to its original owner, this past Summer.
Many of them, for one reason or another, were never shown, even in the hodgepodge videos!
Today, I put together all of the unused videos into one, appropriately titled: Hodgepodge – October 16, 2015:
You're welcome!
#eastvillage #hodgepodge #video
Many of them, for one reason or another, were never shown, even in the hodgepodge videos!
Today, I put together all of the unused videos into one, appropriately titled: Hodgepodge – October 16, 2015:
You're welcome!
#eastvillage #hodgepodge #video
Hodgepodge – October 11, 2015
People ask me, they say: "Hey East Village Today, what's it like to walk through the East Village upside down, looking backwards, and wagging your head from side to side?"
Well, I think it probably looks something like this:
This might not be a real hodgepodge video, but it's close!
#eastvillage #backwards #hodgepodge #upsidedown #video
Well, I think it probably looks something like this:
This might not be a real hodgepodge video, but it's close!
#eastvillage #backwards #hodgepodge #upsidedown #video
The Scaffolding
People sometimes ask me, they say: "Hey East Village Today, what's it like to walk under one of those scaffoldings I hear tell of so much? Are they safe?"
Well, I can't answer to their safeness, because they do fall down sometimes, but I can show you what it's like to walk under one!
This is the scaffolding of the new building going up on Avenue A between East 6th and 7th Streets:
*Phew!* We made it!
#eastvillage #6thstreet #7thstreet #avenuea #constructionsites #scaffolding
Well, I can't answer to their safeness, because they do fall down sometimes, but I can show you what it's like to walk under one!
This is the scaffolding of the new building going up on Avenue A between East 6th and 7th Streets:
*Phew!* We made it!
#eastvillage #6thstreet #7thstreet #avenuea #constructionsites #scaffolding
The Ugly Building
I was walking across East 2nd Street this past weekend, approaching First Avenue, when I passed (again) what East Villagers like to call "the ugly building":
It actually looks better here, for two reasons: 1) everything looks better framed; and 2) it looks like it was recently painted!
Just outside the frame above, to the right, there was a makeshift door with a hole left in it:
"What could be inside?" I wondered.
East Villagers love paint!
#eastvillage #2ndstreet #firstavenue #paint #doors
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| The ugly building. |
It actually looks better here, for two reasons: 1) everything looks better framed; and 2) it looks like it was recently painted!
Just outside the frame above, to the right, there was a makeshift door with a hole left in it:
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| Locked door with hole. |
"What could be inside?" I wondered.
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| Inside. |
Yuck — this is what it looked like before they painted it!
East Villagers love paint!
#eastvillage #2ndstreet #firstavenue #paint #doors
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
VD Pizza
Last week, I posted a picture of dungeon stairs painted onto the cellar doors of some place on St. Mark's Place.
I passed by there again the other night, and discovered (remembered) the place in question, the beloved VD Pizza:
Now isn't that an appetizing name?!
#eastvillage #cellardoors #murals #stmarksplace #vdpizza
I passed by there again the other night, and discovered (remembered) the place in question, the beloved VD Pizza:
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| VD Pizza |
Now isn't that an appetizing name?!
#eastvillage #cellardoors #murals #stmarksplace #vdpizza
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Wonky Eye
It seems like every post is about murals these days!
You may recall that I wrote about the new mural on the riot gates of the beloved Best Hou ekeeping on Avenue A, first when the original mural was primed over, and then when the new mural was being painted. I even included a video snippet of the work being done!
I passed by the now long-completed mural this past Sunday, and noticed something peculiar. The eyes are wonky:
What's up with this? I wondered, so I took a closer look:
The right eye (on the left side, in the picture) has no sclera — otherwise known as "the white of the eye"!
Weird!
Maybe the model was stung by a bee and her eye is swollen, like in Animal Crossing – City Folk:
Speedy recovery… from the East Village Today!
#eastvillage #artists #avenuea #besthousekeeping #murals #animalcrossingcityfolk #riotgates
You may recall that I wrote about the new mural on the riot gates of the beloved Best Hou ekeeping on Avenue A, first when the original mural was primed over, and then when the new mural was being painted. I even included a video snippet of the work being done!
I passed by the now long-completed mural this past Sunday, and noticed something peculiar. The eyes are wonky:
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| Wonky eyes. |
What's up with this? I wondered, so I took a closer look:
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| A closer look. |
The right eye (on the left side, in the picture) has no sclera — otherwise known as "the white of the eye"!
Weird!
Maybe the model was stung by a bee and her eye is swollen, like in Animal Crossing – City Folk:
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| Stung by a bee. |
Speedy recovery… from the East Village Today!
#eastvillage #artists #avenuea #besthousekeeping #murals #animalcrossingcityfolk #riotgates
Monday, October 12, 2015
Graffiti Busters
Just as I mentioned in my earlier post Life And Death, the walls of East Village buildings change quickly, and without a moment's notice!
I saw this new mural being painted this evening, as I rode my Citibike across St. Mark's Place, between First Avenue and Avenue A:
The painting of new murals always draw a crowd of enthusiastic spectators — you can even see another East Village photographer atop the ladder on the left, documenting the event!
I don't remember what the wall looked like before, but an old-timer behind me said "It's much better now. No graffiti."
Eradicating graffiti, one wall at a time… in the East Village Today!
#eastvillage #artists #murals #stmarksplace #graffiti
I saw this new mural being painted this evening, as I rode my Citibike across St. Mark's Place, between First Avenue and Avenue A:
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| New mural being painted. |
The painting of new murals always draw a crowd of enthusiastic spectators — you can even see another East Village photographer atop the ladder on the left, documenting the event!
I don't remember what the wall looked like before, but an old-timer behind me said "It's much better now. No graffiti."
Eradicating graffiti, one wall at a time… in the East Village Today!
#eastvillage #artists #murals #stmarksplace #graffiti
Life and Death
I was walking across St. Mark's Place yesterday, after leaving the former, beloved Sounds for the last time, when I happened upon this mural desecration, on the wall of the beloved Foot Gear Plus, at First Avenue:
Maybe "desecration" is an overstatement. Maybe "the artists was putting primer over the existing mural to prepare for the next mural" is more accurate!
Either way, the walls of the buildings in the East Village are constantly changing from one mural to another. As the old saying goes, "Take a picture, it'll last longer"… in the East Village Today!
#eastvillage #artists #murals #signs #stmarksplace #firstavenue #footgearplus
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| Mural desecration. |
Maybe "desecration" is an overstatement. Maybe "the artists was putting primer over the existing mural to prepare for the next mural" is more accurate!
Either way, the walls of the buildings in the East Village are constantly changing from one mural to another. As the old saying goes, "Take a picture, it'll last longer"… in the East Village Today!
#eastvillage #artists #murals #signs #stmarksplace #firstavenue #footgearplus
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