April 2009

Walking

Thursday April 30th 2009, 2:13 am
Filed under: General

Although the fares haven’t gone up yet, the subway is already too expensive. I predict walking is going to be on the rise.

Someone was in too much of a hurry though.

I decided to walk from the Financial District to the West Village to save $2

I hoped to get a few photos

But I suddenly found myself at the library with only these.

Tags: Brooklyn, buildings, carrier hotels, cement, construction, Financial District, Flowers, footoprints, gardens, landmarks, parks, sidewalks, stickers, TriBeCa

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The Depression of the New Millennium

Saturday April 25th 2009, 11:32 pm
Filed under: General

It seems that as of late 2008 Y2K has finally arrived, and it had nothing to do with poor computer programming practice.

MTA FAIL. Not only does water flow in unimpeded from the street, the ceiling leaks 3 feet away. It’s been like this for years.

MTA FAIL2. They were at the edge of the street when I arrived. Three hours later, this crew of at least 10 workers, and 2 MTA police had 30 feet of blacktop to show for themselves. This may be one reason why the MTA is more in the red than some countries spend in a year.

The gardens on High St. look more than a bit less impressive than last year.

This place was sold about six years ago, and has been continually screwed with ever since. Six years of construction.

This is what a private bailout loan looks like. It ain’t pretty, really.

The Union St. sign weirdness continues.

“Annie’s Garden”, one of the many (apparently) “Gardens of Union”.

Tags: Brooklyn, construction, Flowers, gardens, houses, money, signs, William St., worthless people

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Idea Generation Locomotion

Thursday April 23rd 2009, 2:50 am
Filed under: General

I needed to try and come up with some ideas, so last week I went bridge-walking. I ended up walking off at the end of the bridge and all the way home. Only generated one interesting idea.

The journey this time, started on the Manhattan side.