Spring (And Now It Will Be 87 Tomorrow)

Posted: May 11th, 2015 | Filed under: Brooklyn, Queens

Spring at Brooklyn College:

Library, Brooklyn College, Flatbush, Brooklyn, April 26, 2015

Boylan Hall, Brooklyn College, Flatbush, Brooklyn, April 26, 2015

Lily Pond, Brooklyn College, Flatbush, Brooklyn, April 26, 2015

Then a few days later, spring at Astoria Park:

Lawn, Astoria Park, Astoria, Queens, April 29, 2015

Stop Stealing My Flowers

Posted: February 26th, 2015 | Filed under: Brooklyn

There is recorded video surveillance:

2nd Place Near Henry Street, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, August 25, 2013

(2nd Place Near Henry Street, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, August 25, 2013)

Several Random Things From May 2011

Posted: April 1st, 2012 | Filed under: Brooklyn, Citywide, Manhattan

Chief of which is Brooklyn Bridge Park, which was a lot more elegant than I expected, especially considering how ugly/utilitarian the piers used to be:

Pier 2 From Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Brooklyn, November 3, 2005

Pier 2 From Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Brooklyn, November 3, 2005

Pier 2 From Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Brooklyn, November 3, 2005

It’s like, where did all that dirt come from?

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, May 13, 2011

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, May 13, 2011

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, May 13, 2011

There’s a staircase thing-place that overlooks Lower Manhattan, which is just stunning. Propose here:

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, May 13, 2011

Grimaldi’s has since moved from its longtime location, just down the street at 1 Old Fulton Street:

Old Fulton Street, Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn, May 13, 2011

I really, really want to start a “I [Heart] Unicorns 4-Eva” meme:

I [Heart] Unicorns 4-Eva, Southbound ACE Platform, Times Square Subway Station, Midtown Manhattan, May 13, 2011

Remember when they thought the world would end on May 21? And people spent their life savings on subway ads? Why did they do that? Not because they weren’t right (they weren’t), but what difference would it make if you saw this ad on the subway beforehand?

May 21, 2011 Doomsday Subway Ad, Queens-Bound N Train, May 22, 2011

One day they’ll finish the East Side Access project. For now, it’s kind of a constant thing:

LIRR East Side Access, Long Island City, Queens, May 18, 2011

Vacant spaces are so strange looking, like repeating a word over and over until it sounds completely foreign:

60 Henry Street, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, May 13, 2011

I sat outside a bar one night in May 2011 staring at the bright lights in this space, just sort of pondering how weird it looked. Now I know that it’s a “cursed” spot, only recently occupied by a somewhat stable business.