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Packaged for Sale

Available at Union Thrift, 234th Street, Bronx

Rare Grass Photo Op

27th Street and 7th Avenue, Chelsea

Towering Pillars of Sanitation

Sanitation Department, 215th Street, Inwood.

What Is This?

Is this a Maltese flagsmith? A light sensitive fashionista? Retired superhero on his way to see Watchmen? Delegate from the Mary Poppins Tuberculosis Society? Or an Elvis Presley’s grandma’ impersonator? I have no clue, but there he was walking down 42nd Street, hurrying along with all the others, totally blending-in except for the… well, except [...]

Life in the Big City

Inwood Hill Park, on the isle of Manhattan (population > 1.6 million).

Freedom

Freedom Is… graffiti and fake snow.

Ye Olde Inwood

More pictures of Ye Olde Inwood. 207th Street and Broadway (current view)

Old Inwood

Corner of 218 and Broadway, 1933. Now the home of the Twin Donut haunted house.

The Mighty Black Bear

This is a real, stuffed bear, and a real rose. Are there any stranger flower shops (note the skull)? K&R Florist, Inwood.

Vintage New York Subway Cars

The vintage subway cars (1930s to 1970s) travelled much faster than today’s trains. I was early to my destination for a change. With each car from a different era, you can track the evolution of passenger comfort (from non-existent to ceiling fans). Amidst talk of yet another MTA fair increase, I couldn’t help but think of [...]