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Standing on the eastern end of 14th Street at Avenue C, there's nowhere to go that makes sense but back where I came from.
Across the street is a view.of a corner of Stuyvesant Town, looking like any other housing project. There are 35 of these buildings, containing 8,757 apartments, making this development much larger than an Illinois town I once lived in with a population of 7,000. That was a grim two years of my life, and I imagine living here would be equally grim. For me, anyway. I know it has its fans.
Please enlarge the map below to get an idea of how truly huge it is. You have to click the View Larger Map link and then click the plus sign a few times. I know it's a few steps more than you want to take, but believe me, it's worth it.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
East Village, Avenue C at 14th Street
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Labels: Avenue C, Downtown, East Village
East Village, Avenue C at 14th Street
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My map shows 14th Street continuing to Avenue D and ending at the FDR Drive, so I was surprised to be stopped by the blue fence. I learned from a guard who stopped me from photographing behind the blue fence, that it was closed off for security reasons after 9/11.
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Labels: Avenue C, Downtown, East Village
Friday, August 27, 2010
East Village, 14th Street Between Avenues B and C
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I was taken by the rhythm of those cornices.
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Here's the straight-on shot.
See map.
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Labels: 14th Street, Downtown, East Village
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
East Village, 14th Street Between Avenues B and C
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This is a small piece of Stuyvesant Town, much in the news lately.
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Labels: 14th Street, Downtown, East Village
Friday, August 20, 2010
East Village, 14th Street Between Avenues A and B
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And sometimes it takes two people wearing turquoise shirts to make the picture.
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Labels: 14th Street, Downtown, East Village
Thursday, August 19, 2010
East Village, 14th Street Between Avenues A and B
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I didn't know until tonight that these two stores plus the three adjoining were destroyed by a fire in May. It seems someone was installing a fire door (see the irony?) when his welding torch "apparently set some grease on fire." And now the neighbors lament the loss of the only good pizza in the East Village.
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Labels: 14th Street, Downtown, East Village, Restaurants
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
East Village, 14th Street at Avenue A
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Sometimes you just don't want people in a shot.
Back from Maine, and, you will not be surprised to hear, it was beautiful, the weather was blissful and the lobster was plentiful, cheap and good. We had boiled lobster, lobster salad, lobster rolls, lobster in a seafood pot pie, and lobster omelet. The last night, I had a steak and red wine. It was strangely satisfying.
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Labels: 14th Street, Downtown, East Village
Thursday, August 12, 2010
East Village, 14th Street Between First Avenue and Avenue A
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Labels: 14th Street, Downtown, East Village
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
East Village, 14th Street Between First Avenue and Avenue A
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Labels: 14th Street, Downtown, East Village
East Village, 14th Street Between First Avenue and Avenue A
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I apologize for the erratic postings lately. As soon as my life gets less erratic, so will my postings. Rest assured, this Project will be done (if I live long enough), and some day, maybe soon, I will get to that block you've been waiting for.
Meanwhile, the Peter Stuyvesant Post Office is apparently badly run, if one can believe two complaints posted at Complaint.com. This is a fairly strange website, as it seems posting a complaint has no more effect than if you'd written it in your diary. Anyone up for submitting a complaint about Complaint.com?
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Labels: 14th Street, Downtown, East Village
Friday, August 06, 2010
East Village, 14th Street Between First Avenue and Avenue A
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This church began life in 1896 as Grace Chapel and Hospital, an Episcopal mission for Grace Church in the West Village. In 1943,it became the Immaculate Conception Church, a Catholic church. Do you know what Immaculate Conception refers to? Wrong! It's not the Virgin birth. It's that Mary was born without original sin. If anyone desires to see a baptism in this very church, you can find one right here.
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Labels: 14th Street, Churches Synagogues Mosques, Downtown, East Village
Thursday, August 05, 2010
East Village, 14th Street Between First Avenue and Avenue A
Posted by Mary Sargent at 1:42 AM 2 comments
Labels: 14th Street, Downtown, East Village