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Happy Labor Day everyone!  Radio silence till Tuesday.

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You ever sit back and think about what the future's gonna be like?  If ever I've taken a photo that sums up my fears for the future of NY, this is it - Shoes and Trash.

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 Which of these people do you think is the most interesting?

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Here's the article from the Daily News last Friday on an 'up and coming' neighborhood in the Bronx a few blocks from Yankee Stadium.  Lots of tourists, Yankee fans, Grit, Beauty, and an occasional 'Spider-Man' coming through your window and stealing your electronics.  View this article large.

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I have an interesting article coming out tomorrow in the Daily News (in the center if you're interested), about a neighborhood a couple of blocks from the new Yankee Stadium that is starting to go through a lot of change.  Anyway, here is a funny interview that unfortunately there wasn't room for.

Name: Raul Santiago
Occupation: Visual Merchandising Consultant
Lives: 164th Street and Sherman Ave

            “I moved here from Hunts Point, which has also come a long way.  When I moved there five years ago, the first week that I was there, I was coming out of my apartment and saw five police vans and the police were coming out of the building across the street with shotguns.  Prostitutes were running out of the house; there was basically a whorehouse right across the street from me.  I had an idea because I would come home at five in the morning on the weekends sometimes and the whole street would be lined up with cars, Cadillacs and Mercedes, with people coming back from the clubs. The girls would come out and jump in these guys cars.  After the police came it all stopped."

 

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The most famous street in Chinatown, once called the "Bloody Angle" because of all of the gang fights and murders that occurred here.  Apparently, there is also a network of tunnels that were created to allow for easy escape.

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I once met a person who sold ice cream out of an ice cream truck and he said his favorite part of the job was picking the right flavors to give to drug addicts when they came to purchase ice cream.  I forget exactly what he told me, but he would give the stronger flavors, such as a spicy hot pepper ice cream to many of the addicts because their taste buds were shot from the constant drug use.  Their eyes would light up.

For the more paranoid people he would give vanilla, because vanilla is a very comforting and 'homey' flavor.

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I walk this block daily and this was the most beautiful display of bikes that I've seen outside of the Hells' Angels HQ.  Wanted to get a few more shots until a guy came out and said 'Nuff pictures.'

Oh well.

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St. Marks between 2nd and 3rd avenues is by far the best area for people watching in the city.

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