| A log about land use and transportation that is updated . . . from time to time | ||
|
Other Webspaces - N.Y. Metro Transportation Advocacy Auto-Free New York Bridge Tolls Advocacy Project Car Free Bedford Avenue Citywide Coalition for Traffic Relief FreeWheels "Mobilizing the Region" Move NY & NJ New York Public Transit Association Right of Way Save Mass Transit Coalition Straphangers' Campaign Time's Up! Transportation Alternatives Tri-State Transportation Campaign Vision 42
National Transportation Advocacy
Academia & Smart Growth
Inspiration
NYC Planning & Development
U.S. Rail Service Providers
Regional
|
Saturday, June 11, 2005
I Hope That's Not the Apartment That's for Rent  Readers of this web log will know that I am constantly praising city life. Well, one of the things that makes life in the city interesting is the raw human emotion — not always positive — that living and working in close quarters with huge numbers of strangers can provoke. As seen here, and here, I have a particular fascination with people who are so worked up by something that they post handwritten signs on buildings or in windows. Uptown in far East Harlem, I spotted a number of handwritten signs that illustrate the potential problems of living on the ground floor. Apparently, apartments are available in the building at left above. One hopes that the one on the ground floor with all the signs in the windows isn't one of them. All the photographs in this post were taken by the artist futurebird.  Quoting in full, Sign 1: "Pity the teenage drug dealers drug users who 'hang' on the stoop and in front of my windows day and night. They have assaulted, robbed, burglarized and harrassed me. Their parents failed to teach them how to be members of the human race. These teens are unfit and shouldn't be around normal people! PITY THEM" Quoting in full, Sign 2: "In order to facilitate the removal of drug dealers + gun dealers from this street to jail, all conversations from 291 stoop to 293 stoop are recorded. Often photos are taken. If you don't want to be recorded or photographed, move somewhere else!" Lower down, in a larger font: "To those who are knocking on my windows at all hours of the day + night — the drug dealers live next door —> And will the drug dealers friend, the gun dealer, — go sell your illegal guns somewhere else!" The lower left window has been broken. A piece of foam has been pressed up against an unrepaired hole for insulation.  Quoting in full, Sign 3: "An old prostitute (with a cellulite ass) is holding drug parties in the basement, again! Some of her 'visitors' are cops, so the police don't do anything. The owner doesn't do anything because ... ??? 2/14/05 ID." Sign 4: "For the last two nights between 1:30 am + 5 am, the old prostitute (with the cellulite ass) has been using the basement as a beauty salon and been unkinking her + her family's hair. The smell is horrendous! OR For the last two nights between 1:30 am + 5 am, the old prostitute (with the cellulite ass) has been using the basement + forgot to douche. The smell is horrendous! 3/14/05 ID."Phew! Drug dealers, gun dealers, foul noises and smells, accusations of robbery, assault, prostitution and even cellulite: It seems like there's some bad blood there on the block. I'm not sure that posting these signs will help solve any of the problems they mention, however. In fact, it's easy to see how they might make the problems worse.- Posted at 8:34 PM | Permalink | Comments: 8 | Post a Comment | Certainly someone should call 311 and report this. And then some journalist should investigate whether or not anyone from the Mayor's office is doing anything about it. Perhaps whomever is running against Bloomberg can use this to his/her advantage... By , at 6/13/2005 11:31 AM holy shit! that's hilarious! By action-jackson, at 6/13/2005 2:57 PM a great documentation on "it takes all kinds" or "buyer beware"...did you notice the figure in the doorway on the left???? By akd, at 6/14/2005 9:46 PM I love crazy found letters and signs on the street. This is gold. By No longer active, at 6/14/2005 10:01 PM awesome! that's what NYC has to offer! if that apt. is still available please let me know! By , at 6/20/2005 11:04 PM Hey, why are you taking photos of my window? By Nominal Me, at 6/22/2005 1:12 PM I wanted your message to have the widest possible audience. By AD, at 6/24/2005 9:23 PM
this post is priceless... LOL By CT, at 6/30/2005 1:20 PM |
About S&F Starts and Fits is published in New York City by Aaron Donovan. For more information or to obtain an rss feed, see About.
S&F Special Feature
Favorite Posts On …
S&F Archives
Planning & Urbanism
Weblogs
A Great Place
|
