Sometimes when I walk down the street, I like to look up, instead of ahead of me, to observe the clouds overhead And to imagine what it might be like,…
In many cultures, crossroads are sacred and magical places, where possibilities converge and reality itself is unstable. I felt this convergence of many possible realities walking along Wythe Ave each…
The next four posts document change on the street, from different perspectives. They are an effort to “see” the street temporally, rather than spatially, as it were. In the four…
Wythe is a surreal collection of dreamscapes. Like the eponymous character in the novel Kafka on the Shore (海辺のカフカ), I stumble in and out of the spirit world, finding cats,…
Spring is here. The trees are budding. And though it isn’t exactly the best translation of the Proust classic, I thought it appropriate to begin April with a post titled…
It took some time, but I finally got through all of the bars, cafes and restaurants that are operate on Wythe Ave (save one that has yet to open as…
The final element is Earth / 土 (pronounced tu), existing in both the Greek and Chinese traditions. In both traditions, the element refers to soil – that which gives life.…
It is Williamsburg’s most significant landmark of Williamsburg, and yet it only occupies but one block along Wythe Ave. Here are a few views of the most beautiful bridge in…
A post on Light and Shadows naturally precedes one on darkness. Here are 15 views, some ghostly, of Wythe Ave at night.
From suggestions of what lies beneath the road and pavement, I turn to look at things that use the roads and pavements – bicycles and vehicles. Today’s post presents bicycles…
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