Thursday, January 10, 2013

Some things I saw today

The Canal was looking extra putrid


It didn't looks so good the day the Google Camera Car drove by.


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I ran by this strange marker on Ocean Ave and Lincoln Place. A quick Google search yields very little useful information.  Although I do know of another marker like that across the street from Borough Hall.

To the left is a photo that shows where it is.





If you zoom in you can see the marker in this Google Streetview. You can also see the shadow of the camera.


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Later in the afternoon I found myself on the corner of 53rd and 3rd.   It was in 2013 Brooklyn and I am sure that the Ramones were singing about a shadier time in Manhattan.

Lyrics | Ramones lyrics - 53rd And 3rd lyrics

If you think you can,well come on man
I was a green beret in Vietnam
I said 'no more of our fairy stories'
'Cause i got my other worries

53rd and 3rd
Standing on the street
53rd and 3rd
I'm trying to turn a trick
53rd and 3rd
You are the one they never pick
53rd and 3rd 
Why don't make you feel sick?

If you think you can,well come on man
I was a great beret in Vietnam
I said 'no more of our fairy stories'
'Cause i got my other worries

53rd and 3rd
Standing on the street
53rd and 3rd
I'm trying to turn a trick
53rd and 3rd
You are the one that they never pick
53rd and 3rd
Why don't make you feel sick?

Then I took out my razor blade
Then I did what God forbade
Now the cops are after me
But i proved that i'm no sissy

53rd and 3rd
Standing on the street
53rd and 3rd
I'm trying to turn a trick
53rd and 3rd
you are the one that they never pick
53rd and 3rd
Why don't make you feel sick?

53rd and 3rd
53rd and 3rd
53rd and 3rd...


2 comments:

  1. Lots of interesting stuff here today CU, tell me as I'm most curious. Does the canal "smell" putrid as well or is it just 'looks'.
    Is it deemed a health hazard by the powers that be?

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    1. The Canal does not stink as much as it used to. But sometimes raw sewage drains into it and it has some very old toxic issues too.

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