Something’s Red in Greenpoint

September 8, 2007 by
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic 

Could Church Bring Peace

I saw the above advertisement while taking the G train home last night from Clinton Hill. While the previously named ‘nabe may be the “bloggiest”— and I would be remiss if I didn’t state that it does have a certain charm— but the truth of the matter is I found it kind of boring. That is, until I saw a Vladimir Lenin quote about Beethoven’s Appassionata being used to advertise a church. I silently fumed the entire ride home.

The fine folks who frequent the Clinton-Washington stop of the G can keep their blogginess. They can keep their fancy-pants old houses too. When the revolution comes, I will be in Greenpoint raising holy hell with other pissed off people like myself. Fellow travelers commuters like the mastermind behind this.

Class War on Nassau Avenue

As you can probably deduce, this is located on the Queens-bound platform at Nassau Avenue.

Rich Crook

Along with this.

Power Corrupts

This.

Dirty Sexy Money

And this, which includes…

Balzac

this. I wonder what Balzac would say if he knew that some very, very angry person was quoting him via Sharpie marker on subway posters hawking affluenzic television programming? I cannot help but believe it would make him smile.

Of course there’s always room for the more proletarian ball point pen, like this Op-Ed piece from the Greenpoint Avenue station.

Fuck da Police

If you want to see the violence inherent in the system, come to Greenpoint. Help! Help! I’m being repressed!

Miss Heather

UPDATE, 9/9/07: Here’s some more subway social commentary from the Greenpoint Avenue platform of the Smith and 9th bound G train!

Corruption isn’t sexy

Corruption may not be sexy, but it’s damned convenient. To developers in north Brooklyn anyway, just ask the D.O.B.

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