New York Shitty Photos Du Jour: The Magic Word

March 3, 2010 ·
Filed under: 11101, 11206, 11222, 11237 

Bushwick, Brooklyn 11237


East Williamsburg, Brooklyn 11206


Greenpoint, Brooklyn 11222


Long Island City, Queens 11101

Miss Heather

Bushwick Photo Du Jour: Grunts

March 3, 2010 ·
Filed under: 11206, 11237, Bushwick, Bushwick Brooklyn, Street Art 

From Evergreen Avenue.

Miss Heather

Greenpoint Photos Du Jour: Java Street

I don’t know about you but this on-again, off-again drab weather is really getting my goat.  If for no other reason because I am holed up in my apartment. And when I am holed up in my apartment I look around, see what a total and utter fucking mess it is and try to clean it up. When I start cleaning I embark upon a journey of discovery which invariably ends in self-recrimination. Last week, for example, I found my college transcripts (I graduated magna cum laude, lest you are wondering) and my MFA diploma stashed under a July 1984 issue of Hustler.

I fully realize this would qualify as “failure” to most people. Thankfully I grade my life on a bell curve. More than anything I am angry at myself I kept that magazine and tossed the Playboy with Barbara Bach in it. But I digress.

This morning I decided to head this cloyingly constructive behavior off at the proverbial pass: I went for a walk. When I reached the end of Java Street I found something rather interesting.

I quickly surmised mere photographs did not adequately convey this objet d’art. So I shot some video footage of it.

As I was about to walk away I noticed the Marlboro man bears an inscription.

I’m Chris (indecipherable).
Stay in school or you’ll be a bike horse man!

So there have you. Stay in school kids, or you might find yourself shackled for all eternity somewhere on Greenpoint’s waterfront. Believe you me when I write this: it ain’t for the feint at heart.

Miss Heather

Long Island City Photo Du Jour: Smart Crew

March 3, 2010 ·
Filed under: 11101, Long Island City, Long Island City Queens, Street Art 

From Jackson Avenue.

Miss Heather

East Williamsburg Street Art Du Jour: White Street

Taken March 1, 2010.

Miss Heather

Quicklink: Scouting New York Does The Meserole Theater

March 3, 2010 ·
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic 

This item was brought to my attention by my buddy over at Queens Crap. Included in this post are some nifty shots of the Meserole Theater back in its hey day. Yours truly was particularly pleased Scouting NY took notice of and paid lavish attention to the disco ball gracing the main floor.

Check it out!

Miss Heather

Thumbnail Credits: Scouting New York

Greenpoint Street Seating Du Jour: Kent Street Vibrassage

This one’s for you, Bob.

Miss Heather

From The New York Shitty Photo Pool: Tamatoes For The Masses!

This item comes courtesy of FakeHipster, who writes:

Dear small child,

I found your survey stapled to a billboard at 13th and 3rd. I really liked it and decided that I had to have it. I’m sorry if I threw off your survey results (though we both know the only answer is “yes only! yes only! yes only!”)

It is now hanging in a place of honor on my fridge.

Your friend,

Spike

Indeed.

Miss Heather

New York Shitty Day Starter: Sh*t In The Box

Yesterday I took a sojourn somewhere I have never ventured before: the wilderness of the Long Island City/Ravenswood waterfront around the 59th Street Bridge. It is not an area one would consider attractive.

At least not in a conventional sense of the word. Given the previous you can imagine my surprise when I encountered a hotel at the intersection of Vernon Boulevard and Queens Plaza South: the Ravel whose web site purports it be  “Long Island City’s First Luxury Boutique Hotel”. This may very well be the case, I wouldn’t know. But I can tell you I found its proximity to the Queensbridge Houses of particular interest. Curiously enough the folks at Ravel do not make mention of this on their web site. So it goes.

Long Island City is full of surprises. I certainly learned this yesterday. First it is a “luxury boutique hotel” across from a housing project, then it was this on 44th Street: a construction site for yet another hotel.

But this is not the only thing going on here. Which brings me to the item indicated by the above arrow. It is a box.

A very, very special box…

or to use Long Island City parlance (to bastardize Black Adder):

The very latest in front-wall, fresh-air orifices appointed with an imported wide-capacity corrugated repository.

Miss Heather

New York Shitty Day Ender: Still

March 2, 2010 ·
Filed under: 11101, Long Island City, Long Island City Queens, Newtown Creek 

From Hunters Avenue & 22 Street in Long Island City.

Miss Heather

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