p s e u d o r e a l

Better Than Real Because It's Not.


Friday June 19th 2009, 1:20 am
Filed under: General

(May 30) Scoping out a celestial event taking place on the 30th and the 31st.

plane killers
The geese were on patrol, seeking their revenge on Capt. Sullenberger.

ima scareds
99 cent pizza!?

not manhattanhenge
If I hadn’t missed it, I would have seen something here

blue

the bright lights of 42nd st. in twilight
This made me think of Deejay.


Saturday June 13th 2009, 1:19 am
Filed under: General

(May 26) I got off the 1 at the Christopher Street, Sheridan Square station. The rule I’ve been working from is to stop and photograph whatever public art I find in the station, whether it’s a planned stop or not.

mosaics

lee brozgold & the students of ps 41

the Greenwich village murals

christopher st.

sheridan square

subway art


Thursday June 11th 2009, 1:19 am
Filed under: General

(May 26) I needed to change at Whitehall, South Ferry and found another surprise.

tree mosaic

whitehall station

south ferry station

wall of branches

escalator

mosaic map

brown maple leaf


Friday May 29th 2009, 4:26 am
Filed under: General

(May 16) Going places, going places I didn’t intend to go, and going more places still.

nobody expects the surprise mosaic!
I didn’t hear the announcement that my R was going to go express to 36th. Fortunately there were mosaics I hadn’t seen before at the end of the proverbial and literal tunnel.

1940's subway mosaic
These appear to be subway scenes from the 1940’s. I didn’t see a placard.

i wish it were mine
Then after picking up my notebook, it was back into Manhattan to the West Village heading for the library. Unfortunately I rode the subway and not the Ducati.

sleeping on the sidewalk
Passed four dogs camped out.

play with us!
Then someone woke them.

toxic much?
Took the F back through Carroll Gardens.

lincoln continental
Then out to Port Jefferson the next day to witness the winding down of a 40 year business.

fatherly advice
The next day on Union St., the strange sign had changed.


Thursday March 12th 2009, 9:22 pm
Filed under: General

Subway travel mistakes turn into photo opportunities, if you have your camera.

stickerama
Now with case sensitivity!

mankind will destroy us all
There were a lot of mosaic pieces in this station complex.

there's plenty of dripping water in a subway station

oh boy, a story!

sane?

mmmkay