At every door step, these telephone books. No one uses a telephone book anymore. What is this company thinking… Obviously they make sufficiently on advertising to keep producing them, but speaking of a waste of paper/trees etc.; they should be banned. At the end of the day/week, they all end up in the trash, hopefully …
Monthly Archives: April 2013
The Little TownHouses that Could
Sometimes, someone else writes a story that is too good not to share. If you visit Rockefeller Plaza, ‘ the rock’ you see two small buildings on either side. These original owners held out and would not sell when the RP was being built. Here’s the full story. http://www.scoutingny.com/?p=6495 copy and paste to your browser
CitiBikes
This is exciting. There are two locations in my neighborhood. And how clever of Citicorp. And how unhappy some additional car driving folks are going to be — loss of parking spaces is a big deal in the city. Can’t wait.
Incongruous
Walked by him on my way to the shoe repair shop. He was tucked into a wedge between two buildings, where there was a small ledge on which to sit. He was reading a book. It was the open book on his lap and his toes peeking through his socks that caught my attention first. …
Addendum..What I Think They Meant..
Middle in the platform, a long distance from the previous post about the sign about the flashing light is a kiosk that sells what mid platform kiosks in subway stations sell, sugar, reading materials and more sugar in liquid form. Most likely the kiosk, if being held up, has a button to push which trips …
Same ole’ same ole’
Remember a while back, the story of the young woman with baby, begging on the subway? The comment was that she was nicely dressed and didn’t look distressed in the least, but she had an accent and a cardboard sign saying she needed money for herself and her baby. Well, low and behold, on the …
What a Moment
Last night, attended at the New School – a packed auditorium – the screening of the Documentary: Do The Math. The film was so well received, it got a standing O. The film is well crafted and the message is urgent. Check out the film, the film makers and the message at 350.org. It was …
Seemingly… well unrelated
This sign hangs at the entrance to a subway station, inside after one has proceeded through the ticket turn style. It appears comical, how does someone stealing your purse or lifting your wallet, set off the light to begin flashing? The mezzanine, referred to in the sign, just happens to be around a long corner …
Surreal
Boarded the bus at 7:20 pm on a weekend night. The bus had been travelling for a few miles by the time it reached me, but there were no other passengers on it when I entered the front door. Felt like a movie: either I was about to fly away, just the driver and I, …
Walmart In case you missed this:
How taxpayers subsidize Walmart: Walmart is the largest private employer in the US – and has the most workers on public assistance. Since 2007, the company shifted from regular shifts to flexible shifts, a change labor activists said was designed to force full-time workers to downgrade their status to part-time, so they would not qualify …