It occurred to me some days ago that this year, 2012, is a Leap Year; a phenomenon that takes place once every 4 years. It occurred to me also that…
I’ve noticed also that I haven’t yet attempted a non-visual way of seeing this month. And so this – an aural map of Wythe Ave (sort of) – is my…
I realise I haven’t yet attempted a Conceptual post this month, and so I’d thought today’s be the day. I didn’t really know what to expect until I passed a…
Doing a post on CCTV cameras made me think of the many other actual eyes that populate Wythe Ave. Here are just over a dozen of these eyes, peeking out…
Another fixture on Wythe Ave and possibly on every street in every major city – CCTV cameras, or, as I like to call them, the Eyes of Democracy. They are…
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…
Beneath the veneer of gentrification / yuppiefication, Williamsburg is still very much a down-and-dirty industrial zone. These are just a sampling of them any trucks – some absolutely immense –…
The only form of public transportation that plies Wythe Ave is Bus Q59, which runs from Rego Park, Queens, to Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Its route runs a total of 7 blocks…
Next up: these are all the stoops and stairwells that lead down and directly onto Wythe Ave. There were many others but they led down to a cross-street instead.
Another street-level fixture, albeit temporary – Trash, or as they call it here in America, Garbage. Plenty of it just ends of in translucent trash bags on the street, though…