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Better Than Real Because It's Not.


Friday June 05th 2009, 7:19 pm
Filed under: General

(May 25) Continuing down Bond St. peeking in on the Gowanus Canal.

the gay wall you can't stop from freeing tibet
More graffitti evolution

gowanus art
I was surprised to find this here.

gowanus facing north

gowanus facing south

green and white
Grass in the gardens


Thursday June 04th 2009, 12:02 am
Filed under: General

(May 25) I was planning on going into Manhattan, but it was already getting dark, and I made the decision to photograph around the Gowanus Canal instead, and I saved $4 which I sadly need.

duck
Seeing animals in Superfund waters frightens me.

toxic waters
I want to chase the duck out of that poisonous water

obama
There’s a lot riding on him now

is he on the other side of the wall?
This always reminds me of Billy for some reason

emptiness
Down 1st. St.

barbed canal
Looking back toward home

the plumber and the water tower

abandoned, but not
I still don’t know what this place is

the end
The early part of this jaunt covers material I’ve photographed before, and this is not the end. Yet.


Tuesday June 02nd 2009, 3:27 am
Filed under: General

(May 16) I needed to go for a walk.

a case of crabs
I was feeling crabby, but I had a better day than these guys.

whatever those signs say
I went to Chinatown.

though what you get for that...
Where you can still get a $5 haircut.

illusion
It’s a very interesting neighborhood, and I haven’t seen much of it yet.

i couldn't read a thing
I think this is the neighborhood signpost.

manhattan bridge
As usual, dusk was settling into evening.

demolition
This seemed to have captured everyone’s attention.

an ending
The Hong Kong Supermarket had burned down.


Sunday May 31st 2009, 6:58 am
Filed under: General

(May 10) Yep. I forgot to post the last part of the May 10th excursion… Under the Brooklyn Bridge are these odd fluorescent lights. I’ve seen them before, and while I’m still not sure, I think they’re supposed to be an artistic piece of some kind… although it’s hard to know for sure since there’s no plaque and I’m a heathen.

art?

utility?

bulbs?

expression?

installed or an installation?

cyclists
I really need a working bicycle

one of the eternal construction sheds
As I now always do, I walked home from DUMBO and the bridges

bam!
Past the Brooklyn Academy of Music

apparently not.
Will he?


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.