Archive for April, 2006

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

Home Sweet Home

A nifty photo essay of the exterior cladding of choice in my nabe.
Photo courtesy of The Bridge and Tunnel Club and by courtesy, I mean stolen from.
Ps. Neither of those are my building but mine has the same siding.

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Sunday, April 16th, 2006

Walking on Wythe

Last Sunday found me walking home from *E*’s again on an absolutely gorgeous day in Brooklyn. The previous walk was along Kent Ave. so this time I decided to check out Wythe Ave. I had my camera with me on this trip as well so come along as we check out the sights [...]

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Sunday, April 16th, 2006

Walking on Wythe cont. (1)

Nice tattoo!

Funny little chalk drawing on the side of a building. Reminds me of a Philip Guston painting.

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Sunday, April 16th, 2006

Walking on Wythe cont. (2)

I think this is either N. 9th or 10th in Williamsburg at the corner of Wythe looking towards the East River. You can see the power plant at the end of 14th St. in Manhattan in the distance.

This cement truck was parked in a fenced lot. I was trying to get a closeup of [...]

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Sunday, April 16th, 2006

Walking on Wythe cont. (3)

Nice painted sign on warehouse

One of these things is not like the others

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Sunday, April 16th, 2006

Walking on Wythe cont. (4)

Ain’t they purdy. Anyone know what they are?

Odd grafitti on even odder I-beam sticking out of sidewalk

Smiley graf

Domino Sugar factory, now shuttered

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Sunday, April 16th, 2006

Walking on Wythe cont. (5)

Leave my “being” out of this. Someone call the grammar cops.

So the scrap metal gets converted to signs? And why the razor wire?

W’burg bridge with flowering tree in foreground

J/M/Z tracks from beneath W’burg Bridge

The bunny looks frightened, no Happy Easter for it

Kojak co-opted for grafitti

I think this is the front of Domsey’s warehouse with the [...]

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