Posted: January 25th, 2009 | Filed under: Citywide
Some like to intellectualize their street art, but for me, I prefer my graffiti dumb and ugly:
There is a little “scratchiti” in there, too. I can’t tell which is worse — the acid cream graffiti that etches tags into the subway window or the furtive scribbling of scratchiti. Who knows? They are both beautiful. The MTA has been dealing with it for several years now, and it’s still around. If only Banksy could combine scratchti and acid etching in an aesthetically cool way then I might stop being such a fuddy duddy about it.
Posted: January 24th, 2009 | Filed under: Citywide
Such perfectly formed snowflakes falling late at night last weekend. You think, “Wow, wouldn’t it be neat to get a picture of one?” Meanwhile, God says, “Silly mortal, you believe you can reduce God’s Great Creation to a mere curiosity of winter? Who are you, mere moral, thinking you can simply point-and-shoot God’s Great Creation?” And the answer is, surely not I . . . neither with a flash:
Nor without a flash:
Posted: February 22nd, 2004 | Filed under: Citywide
The Three-Bridge Walk covers the Williamsburg Bridge, Manhattan Bridge and Brooklyn Bridge.
Start at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge in Williamsburg (on Bedford near Broadway) and work your way over and back and over again, ending at City Hall in Manhattan. The total time should be about an hour and forty-five minutes at a leisurely pace.
Part One: Williamsburg Bridge:
Williamsburg Bridge Pedestrian Walkway, 1:58 p.m.:
2:25 p.m., Delancey Street at the opposite end of the Williamsburg Bridge:
2:25 p.m.: Lower East Side, walk down Delancey Street towards Bowery and Canal Streets; the entrance to the Manhattan Bridge walkway is about 15 minutes away.
Part Two: Manhattan Bridge, 2:45 p.m., approximately 25-30 minutes walking . . . entrance to the pedestrian walkway is on the south side of Canal Street:
And finally, Part Three: Brooklyn Bridge — approximately 30 minutes walking time . . . the pedestrian entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge is only about five minutes away from the Manhattan Bridge, 3:19 p.m.:
After a short break for a drink in nearby Brooklyn Heights, we made our way back over the Brooklyn Bridge around 4:45 p.m., finishing the walk in Manhattan at about 5:15 p.m.:
