100 Ways To See... A Street

#26 Murals (Redux)

Kennie Ting — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 14:47:08 +0000

A continuation of my series on Street Art.

Here are four views of Murals on the street.

4 – The New Apostle

3 – The Rivers of Jordan

1 – Pacific Island

#25 – Menagerie (Redux)

Kennie Ting — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 09:11:20 +0000

A veritable menagerie of animals prowl the streets.

Here are five of them. This is part of a month-ish-long series of street art.

7 – The Goose and the Iguana

11 – Pigeon

14 – Auspicious Carp

18 – Two Elephants

#24 – Posters (Redux)

Kennie Ting — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:54:46 +0000

I loved this and the next half a dozen series of posts, which looked at street art on Wythe Ave; of which, there is a dizzying proliferation.

This week – 5 views of Posters on the street.

5 – All Out

9 – Dekalb Market

10 – Sotto

7 – Bounty Bast Towels

#23 Scaffolding (Redux)

Kennie Ting — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 12:52:43 +0000

On account of the frantic gentrification taking place in Williamsburg, Wythe Ave is chock-full of scaffolding clad construction sites.

Here are four close-ups of scaffolding, presented as though they were pieces of Modern Art. This post also marks the first in a series of street art related posts.

3 – Yves Klein

4 – White Drop

11 – Taro 220

13 – Precambrian

#20 Cars (Redux)

Kennie Ting — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 13:31:47 +0000

Since we are on the subject of transportation, here’s the other ubiquitous feature of the street: CARS.

Here are five views of cars, like never seen before. Or rather… only in Williamsburg.

1 – Floral Hood

16 – White on Black (From #21)

11 – Stars and Stripes

13 – Installation

#19 Bikes (Redux)

Kennie Ting — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 10:25:08 +0000

Williamsburg is a biker’s paradise. Bike paths are clearly marked out here, and allow one to go for delightful rides down to Greenpoint for brunch and such on weekends.

Here are five views of bikes, in an array of colours. The featured one, however, belies a more eerie story: it is a memento mori, commemorating the fact that a biker was run down and killed here, by a car.

1 – Green and Yellow

2 – Rider

3 – Snowy White

# 16/17/18 The Works (Redux)

Kennie Ting — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:28:48 +0000

One of the least noticed aspects of the NYC street lies beneath your feet, or underneath the tires of your car.

I’m talking about manhole covers on pavements and roads: the only visible signs of the vast infrastructure of wiring, piping and sewers that keep the city illumined, dry and clean.

This is a celebration of “The Works” – Gas, Electricity, Water, Sewers, Drainage, telco.

Gas

Water

Sewers

Electricity

#14 No Parking (Redux)

Kennie Ting — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 14:16:13 +0000

The “No Parking” sign is an essential part of New York City’s urban landscape.

It’s pretty much everywhere you can possibly think of. But despite its ubiquity, thousands and thousands of cars still ply the roads every single day.

Here are four of the most outstanding ones from the 30 Jan post.

9 – No Parking Yellow

5 – No Parking Anytime

20 – Like a Burning Bush

#13 Bricks (Redux)

Kennie Ting — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:19:30 +0000

The building blocks of the city. Largely ignored by its denizens.

Who knew there were so many different varieties, in so many different colors, shades, textures and sizes? And so many patterns to lay them out?

Here are four that stand out from the 28 Jan post.

14 – Liverpudlean

1 – Almost Roman

8 – Almost Stone

#12 – Fire Escapes (Redux)

Kennie Ting — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 15:26:54 +0000

An essential feature of the New York urban landscape.

Many a romance or escape sequence has been set with one of these as backdrop.

Best of all, they come in different shapes and shades. Here are four of them. The full post was on 27 Jan.

5 – Dreamlike

9 – Orange

1 – Black I