Taking the new with the old (neighborhoods, that is)

It's this guy, again, at Nostrand and Lafayette...

accompanied today by a holy lady

last night in Bushwick

the new neighborhood, downtown Brooklyn/Boerum Hill has this gigantic fruit stand - it seemed to go on for an entire block

and then in BookCourt, the bookstore on Court St, I spied Eileen's book on a table of 'suggested titles'

Atlantic Ave. races into the future, except for this place, Hank's Saloon, at Third Ave and Atlantic

The Notorious B.I.G. honored here at Lexington & Bedford

and I needed a ticket, fast, to take care of the Christmas blues

somewhere in Bed-Stuy someone has an idea about governance

This is what it looks like when you get on the train at rush hour, going in the wrong direction - lots of space, and a few sleepy people. Everyone else is on the other train, going into Manhattan.

the possibilities are endless

looking through a hole in the sky, Barclay's Center

the construction never stops here on Flatbush Avenue

But I love that this small building persists in reminding us of what the neighborhood used to be about

these good people are in search of decent affordable housing for everyone in NYC, kept behind barriers - a police tactic that everyone now accepts, creating distance between freedom of speech and the person the speech is intended for, in this case, the Mayor

while these good people are waiting to get into the press conference being held by the Mayor where he will speak to the issue of affordable housing

since I moved, my commute takes me to the heart of the financial district before heading for the Staten Island Ferry

Lafayette Ave at Nostrand. The importance of a central theme communicated through symmetry

A storefront in Ridgewood near my storage space fascinates me, draws me in. I will go in next time just to satisfies my curiosity.

this is it - the last hour of the last day as I moved from my old place in Bed-Stuy to the temple in Boerum Hill

Eric Garner/Michael Brown Demo, Rockefeller Center, NYC

After having dinner with my family on E. 50th Street, I came across this tiny but vocal demonstration. The small group crossed from one corner to the next, walking in a square pattern at the intersection at 50th St. and 5th Avenue. Each time they reached a corner, they chanted loudly and then stepped off the curb, crossing the street to the next corner. Over and over again. There were more cops than demonstrators and more tourists than both combined.

Since then, Ferguson, Staten Island, and the rest of the whole damned militarized country

Rally at Foley Square, NYC, last Thursday. Lots of really good people there.

De-Colonize Turtle Island, May Day, NYC

May Day in NYC from the Rally at Union Square to the March down Broadway

People exiting the subway station, coming upon the Occupy scene

 

The crowd begins to leave Union Square and head for Broadway