may I have this dance?

http://clocktowertenants.com/2011/05/ja-ma-hon-leva.html

but by all means, stay greedy and sell out your neighbors

when being in the second place was better

New Yorkers of a certain age remember grabbing the morning paper on the way to the subway.

Besides broadcast, it was the only way to learn the news.

But you never took the top paper, you slid out #2.

Because the top one was always gritty. 

It had been left on top all day, protecting the rest.

how we roll

I photographed this scooter decked out for Halloween on 138th street and Brook Avenue.

http://clocktowertenants.com/2017/10/scoot-over-and-make-room.html

This week it was at Maria’s Tire.

The decor apparently evolves with the seasons!

So has Maria’s Tire Shop, from this post in August 2010:

http://clocktowertenants.com/2010/08/just-in-case-yknow.html

And check out this touring version from 2012!

http://clocktowertenants.com/2012/05/teeneyryder.html

oh how the neighborhood has changed

Back in July 2010 I put up some pics about that bronze plaque being ripped off and stolen.

http://clocktowertenants.com/2010/07/somebody-ripped-off-bronze-plaque.html

Eight years later and the stonework has been completely redone.

And it’s surrounded by unmolested tulips.

That’s fantastic.

shit happens

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Crapper

one nation under God