I was walking across East 4th Street this morning, when I saw these jersey barriers in front of the beloved Ultra Nail Beauty Salon and the equally-beloved Manny's Barber Shop:
Jersey barriers.
What could be the reason, I wondered? I stood back and looked at the building, thinking pieces of it were falling off, but there was no indication of that.
Then I saw it: the Vacate – Do Not Enter notice:
Vacate – Do Not Enter notice.
A similar notice was inside the other window too:
Inside the other window too.
It's anyone's guess what the reason for the unsafe conditions is. All I know is that these two storefronts were beside the formerly-beloved Nie's Service Center, closed in August of last year for prostitution!
East Villagers woke up this morning to find that all the predictions of snow came true. They're calling this the Bomb Cyclone, and from these pictures, you can see why!
Here you can see a couple of discarded Christmas trees, blown violently down East 4th Street:
Blown violently.
The wind was so strong, it blew this table from its original location into Tompkins Square Park, at Avenue B and East 7th Street:
Blown table.
Because so many East Villagers come from the Midwest, where bomb cyclones don't even raise an eyebrow, they are undaunted! Here is a typical East Villager, sitting in the park, talking on his cell phone:
"Hey, guess what? It's snowing."
Finally, here is a video of another intrepid East Villager, riding his Citibike to work.
I was walking down upper Avenue A recently, when I saw this assemblage of signs and barricades directing people around the sidewalk repairs taking place there:
Signs and barricades.
Look at that teeny-tiny lamppost in there — that's so considerate!
Considerate.
You know what's weird? Why would they leave the tree guard in place?
Tree guard in place.
Not just once, but twice:
Twice.
Once again, this is the perfect time to replace these trees with artificial ones.
Write your representatives and tell them: No more live trees!
