Posts Tagged ‘allen street mall’

Stanton Street Steam

Posted: February 23, 2010 at 6:17 am

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This manhole in the Allen Street Mall at Stanton Street seems like it will blow.  The pressure sounds pretty intense.  And of course, there’s plenty of steam.

Looking east on Stanton Street, near the corner of Allen.

Early Edition: January 13

Posted: January 13, 2010 at 6:01 am

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Lower East Side in Snow

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 6:28 am

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When a fresh coat of snow blankets the city, it’s always a photogenic sight – snow-capped buildings, light posts, and magazine boxes, and if you’re lucky, spotting the covert handiwork of the penistrator.  Alas, no sightings down in the Lower East Side just yet.  Herewith, on this first day of winter, a collection of photos [...]

Look Before Crossing the Allen Street Mall

Posted: December 7, 2009 at 6:35 am

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Every day, without fail, countless pedestrians cross the street (jay-walking and otherwise) with eyeballs buried in iPods, iPhones, Blackberries, and the like. Slaves to the handhelds.  Perhaps these habits were the impetus behind the recent addition of “Look” arrow-inlays in each of the intersections of the Allen Street Mall. Highly reminiscent of the sidewalks [...]

A White Collar Followup of the Lower East Side

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 6:36 am

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It was only a matter of time before all the neighborhood filming for USA Networks’ White Collar finally premiered on the small screen. Episode number six (“All In”), which aired this past Friday, was focused in “the seedy underbelly of New York’s Chinatown.”  The protagonists are in pursuit of villains through their high-stakes games of Pai [...]

Allen Street Mall Pigeon Feed

Posted: November 16, 2009 at 6:10 am

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A woman sitting on a bench in the Allen Street Mall feeds a flock of pigeons, causing quite the avian frenzy  Spotted below Grand Street.