thanks for all the comments.. see comment son comments after steve's,
below :-)
On 3/5/2012 20:26, steve harley wrote:
on 3/4/12 9:55 PMAnn Sanfedele wrote
http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/New-York-Snaps-2011/15389206_cBJMSB/1/1736512949_8DhMnDS/Large
very enjoyable image in which i find many layers of meaning and no-meaning
a note on a subtle aspect of the presentation: the caption about lack of
snow, while interesting, first focused my mind on a simple irony,
somewhat deterring me from relishing the deeper absurdity of the image
well steve,glad you like it but.. but.. I only took the photo for the
simple irony sooo... if there is deeper absurdity I didn't see it :-)
I cropped the hell out of it to get out distracting other signs,
especially since the light was poor.
Frank is right , Don, New York is nothing like a small midwestern
town... however, this neighborhood has an interesting history and
does have elements of small-town-ness if you've lived here long enough
in one 11 apartment building. (Been in my apt since 1968 and off and on
between 1959 and then.) NYU has expanded into the neighborhood and
the ethic diversity has shifted somewhat.
The income levels of those on my street vary widely as the rent they
pay. Eldery residents in rent control apartments and rent stabalized
ones - college kids in NYU owned buildings and young professionals
paying market prices next to those of us in rent control.
On my block there are 4 restaurants,2 bars, a fancy coffee place,
vintage clothing retailers, a hair-dresser, an all night grocery
/convenience store, and a way overpriced ice-cream place where a "small"
cone costs $4.50.
The hardware store in the photo is on 1st ave, viewable from my window..
across from the 24 hour store in the PDML annual. and two doors down is
a McDonalds.
But just around the corner on 2nd ave is a long running off b'rway show
- STOMP - NYU buildings, more stores, more bars, sleezy bong and
t-shirt stores, chain restaurants. I'm living in a tourist attraction
and on a college campus these days and has been totally gentrified. In
the 60's Abbey Hoffman lived on 7th St, W H Auden lived around the
corner, Janis Joplin, B.B. King and others were singing at the Fillmore
east and you couldnt walk down the street without getting a contact high.
But I digressed... :-)
ann
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