Art in the Streets

Here's some photos I took of street art from around the city over the past few weeks:

That was from this truck:




This next one I've been watching grow over the past few months, starting w/just the red painted over the bricks, then successive taggings, a shiny gold portrait, and most recently, a tape skyline appeared:


Art as its own organic growth.

This last one might better classified as window art:



10 Points to anyone who knows where any of these were taken (hint: all between 15th and Houston).

Obama Beats McCain in Google Searches

I was curious what Google had to say about the two presidential candidates. Here's a comparison of their search frequency over the past 30 days:




See for yourself. Anyone think this is a predictor of future election results? Maybe I'll check out Obama v. Hillary in the months leading up to his party win...

A Governors Island Photographer

I found this here:

Sweet Ride

Here's a great bike I see occasionally parked on 5th Ave. Every time I see it, it makes me want to go for a ride:

Today Near Union Square

Here's a shot I took today on 14th Street:


Poor guy, couldn't even afford pants, or an upper body. Great socks though...

United States of Cement

This is a portrait of America, both depressing and beautiful, by Ben Fry. The map is composed of only streets, without any other markings. Geographical features are evident from the absence of roads, where there's water or mountains, while development is evident in the darker areas where there are more roads. It's worth a trip to the site for a closer look.

When Grand Central Was Younger - New York Times

Click here to view an interesting article and slide show about "When Grand Central Was Younger" in the New York Times

Something New and a New York-Centric World Map

I'm trying something new. This is a program I found through LifeHacker that lets you share websites and add your own comments to them. The comments appear in yellow.

Here's what I wanted to share:

Click here to view an annotation of radicalcartography

If you don't want to click through, here's what you'd find:



It's like a modern extension of Saul Steinberg's New Yorker cover: