Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

Yes, broke is the new black.  At least according to this non-commissioned street sign which recently surfaced at the corner of Orchard and East Houston.  The metal sign is casually affixed below the neon crosswalk warning, and blends in quite nicely.  Truly a “what’s wrong with this picture” moment.

Saturday afternoon, a flatbed truck carrying an interesting bright red vehicle was parked alongside the median between East Houston and First Street, near First Avenue.  Its presence was conspicuous and virtually unavoidable – the perfect eye candy.

Now that another portion of the street-level work on the $96 million mega-station project is complete, some road repair seems next on the agenda.  Indeed, for the past few weeks, crews of construction workers have been filling in the deep pit outside the Puck Building on East Houston.  Steel supports run the length of the [...]