SPURA Parking Lot Does Halloween
Of all the festive Halloween decorations and displays scattered throughout the neighborhood, one in particular tickles our fancy. Head over to 163 Delancey – the commercial parking lot at the corner of Clinton and Broome Streets, otherwise known as SPURA Site 4.
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A fancy selection of skeletons, ghouls, ghosts, and gravestones sits behind the fence at the northwest corner. Right behind the parking attendant booth. Bonus points awarded for the turquoise bungee chord keeping the naked skeleton upright. Halloween installation or clever ploy to hex any re-development here…?
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