is New York City dead?

ha oops. drug stores obv.

Make it a home for art installations. Let artists put sculptures all over it or something.

Or maybe they could plant with all kinds of exotic trees and plants - kind of a hanging garden.

That'd be cool. It's pretty sterile around there.

"what was this place daddy"

daddy 3000 years into the future: "it was a place of worship, little jimmy"

"what did they worship?"

"shopping, little jimmy"

I know I’m in the minority but I love the mall there, getting lost and going up and down escalators and down the long shiny hallways. I guess I could take or leave the Schwarma. to me it looks like a transformer ready to unfurl into a giant robot and wreak havoc on the buildings

i started going to kossar's on delancey back when it was staffed by a bunch of surly dudes, then they got expansion brained and are following the russ and daughters playbook. every time i've walked by the delancey location post-reno it's been mobbed. there is a lot of money pouring into the les too, every building it seems has massive scaffolding on it right now. i usually just go to manousheh's instead, across from the tj's.

I hate paying a premium for the "story" behind an eatery. No more meta-eateries.

i dunno, those places are still tasty!

sure, Russ and Daughters is v good, it's just expensive for what it is imo.

Fortunately Barney Greengrass still looks like it hasn't been remodeled since the 1980s.

https://gothamist.com/news/mysterious-pink-pigeon-rescued-from-madison-square-park

https://i.imgur.com/lAxzv3N.jpg

These small metal canisters in grey were common on the sidewalks in the early 80s but I still don’t know what they are

Guessing drogas

Whippits my b

May also reflect a surge of popular interest in CO2 dragsters, which would surely please my high school shop teacher.

How do I shot whippets

https://a-z-animals.com/media/Whippet-Canis-familiaris-standing-side-by-side-in-woods.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilqtuLj_DRM

Rupert Jee’s Hello Deli on W. 53rd St. is closing after 31 years. I never went there, and I’m not 100% convinced it’s a real place, but rip and thanks for the memories.

lol whippit canisters seem so benign when I see them on sidewalks as opposed to the orange syringe caps that I see much more often these days. (not in NYC, but that's probably true there too.)

I remember empty crack vials all over my school playground (a small city park) uptown

I still smh at people wearing sandals

Anybody going to see the art ensemble of Chicago tonight in red hook?

oh shit, who's in the Art Ensemble now? assuming Roscoe Mitchell is involved i really want to go.

xp i wear sandals at least 9 months a year! this winter was so mild that i never had to switch to shoes.

Roscoe, Don Moye, junius Paul, uhhh I forget who else. It’s like $65 :(

yeah, that's a lot but not totally shocking. my sleep schedule might not allow it either. i usually need to sleep 14 hours on saturday since i work weird hours, and i went to see a friend's band last night. i'd love to see them, though. very tempted.

The Art Ensemble these days can often be more of a big band than an avant-garde theater troupe with horns. I saw them in 2017 and there were about nine people, including Joseph Jarman in his final public appearance. Lately they've been working with Moor Mother a lot, and this is part of the Bang On A Can no-longer-a-marathon festival so expect something special. Definitely worth checking out IMO.

this isn't happening for me :(
i feel like a zombie already

Roscoe is out he has Covid. Shabaka Hutchings is subbing.

This show ruled hard

:(((((( classic regrets

Regrets but I wasn’t really going to get out anyway.

This show ruled hard

― Every post of mine is an expression of eternity (Boring, Maryland)

That's great to hear, but for some reason i thought you live in Maryland.

just came home from the doctor, someone singing 'what a wonderful world' over the distorted intercom at 79th st subway station. kinda like the cnn end of the world video, very creepy.

guy on the train asking for change, at first apologetically, became increasingly agitated and started yelling at everyone, calling them "soulless" if they wouldn't give a fucking dollar. right on.

felt like being in requiem for a dream.

Prince Harry multi hour adventure trying to get from the Zeigfeld to the UES Tuesday night was something...loved the part when his car got stuck behind a garbage truck on some side street

This show ruled hard

― Every post of mine is an expression of eternity (Boring, Maryland)

That's great to hear, but for some reason i thought you live in Maryland.

https://i.imgur.com/XkX2mAo.jpg
Local flora

It is a damned shame that @NYCMayor continues to fail to pay our early childhood educators. It should be absolutely disqualifying for public office. It should be a tremendous scandal. pic.twitter.com/WFf6KskKes

— Shay O'Reilly (@shaygabriel) May 29, 2023

https://i.imgur.com/u5XNjsz.jpg

It’s like a tinted silent film

greatest city in the world

New York City currently has the worst air quality of any city on the planet, and it's not really close. Statistics via @IQAir. pic.twitter.com/sUpoCJLUf1

— New York Metro Weather (@nymetrowx) June 7, 2023

pic.twitter.com/m9x5f9KOT4

— Nick Newman (@Nick_Newman) June 7, 2023

just signed a lease to move back to nyc from ca btw, perfect timing

Check out this almost unbelievable time-lapse of wildfire smoke consuming the World Trade Center and the New York City skyline.

Those vulnerable to poor air quality, including seniors and young children, should limit time outdoors if possible.

More: https://t.co/ChRuWv7X6E pic.twitter.com/mtKtLun8lN

— NWS New York NY (@NWSNewYorkNY) June 7, 2023

greatest city in the world

REALLY bad out there

saw someone smoking outside when i was coming home with groceries earlier. thought "damn dude, hardcore"

Saw some people just sitting outside talking and ASSUMED they might be smoking as well for the same reason.

What's the best forecasts?

We have a big open studio event planned for this saturday. Already about to push it back 2 weeks. Some people think this clears up by the weekend. Doesn't seem likely.

Looking forward to this being the new normal. Everyone goes back inside. COVID numbers go up.

My feeling is that the weekend will be ok