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  • If You Were Still A Pill

    (Canal St & 6 Av, Manhattan) Related Post: If You Were A Pill

  • Jackson Heights

    (81 St & Roosevelt Av, Jackson Heights)

  • Monday is Cat Week: Feline Felicitations

    (Beaver St & Broad St, Manhattan)

  • Between Cars

    (Union Square Station, Manhattan)

  • “Please”

    (Chase Bank, Mott St & Canal St, Manhattan)

  • Sculpture for Living

    (Astor Place, 445 Lafayette St, Manhattan)

  • Editor’s Correction

    This sentence from the August 3, 2005 jpchan.com Back To School Computer Buyer???s Guide should have appeared with the following correction: ???Apple???s all-in-one eMac is stylish, affordable, and an excellent replacement for your spyware-ridden Window…

  • Absolut Unintended?

    I haven’t seen an Absolut vodka ad in a while, but apparently they’ve returned with a vengeance. (Broadway & Beaver St, Manhattan)

  • A Million Suds

    (Million Suds Laundromat, Flatbush Av & Chester Ct, Brooklyn)

  • Blue Sky (Mine)

    Title reference: Midnight Oil (Red Hook, Brooklyn) Related post: 360 Sunset in Red Hook

  • Into The White

    I hope I come back in the next life with a bit more style or, better yet, the confidence to believe that anything I choose to wear is style. This fellow subway rider wore an all-white tux, complete with white do-rag and white-on-white Yankees cap….

  • Viva Via Viaduct

    (125 St & 12 Av, Manhattan)

  • Sidewalk AC

    (23 St & 8 Av, Manhattan)

  • Vespa Valet Parking

    (Vespa Soho, 13 Crosby St, Manhattan)

  • Natural Museum History

    My favorite museum in New York is the Museum of Natural History. And one of my favorite things about the museum is that it’s kind of a museum of museum history, too. For me, the meta-exhibit of presentation styles is almost as great as the exhibit…

  • Swinging

    (Wonder Wheel, Coney Island, Brooklyn)

  • Monday is Cat Week: Hollaback Cat

    (Marla)

  • I You We Scream!

    Clockwise from upper left: Elsa/coconut ice, Makiko/banana ice cream, JP/cantaloupe ice. (Uncle Louie G, Union St & 5 Av, Brooklyn)

  • Yuan Revaluates

    (Time Warner Center, 10 Columbus Circle, Manhattan)

  • Petland

    (Petland Discounts, 72 Willoughby St, Brooklyn)

  • Happiness Happiness

    (Mott St, Manhattan)

  • Should I Get Them?

    …I did and they turned out to be too small. I have to return them. (Paragon Sporting Goods, 867 Broadway, Manhattan)

  • Three Questions for Daniel

    What are you looking forward to? Life, the universe, and everything. What song have you been listening to most lately? “The Ghost of You” by My Chemical Romance. What do you believe with all your heart to be true, but can’t prove? I believe with a…

  • Mystery Train

    (Q Train, Bklyn)

  • Find That Perfect Way To Keep You Happy

    Title reference: Sebadoh And right across the street: You Can’t Put Your Arms Around An Ambulance (Union St & 4 Av, Brooklyn)

  • Pimp My Prius

    Well, it’s actually my friend Mark’s Prius and it’s not really all that pimped-up, if by pimped-up you mean neon, chrome wheels, and flames painted on the sides. But it is way geek cool and if I had the money for a new car, I’d get this one. (Rt. …

  • Label-Free

    Although some photoblogs choose to keep a safe — or maybe just tasteful — distance from controversial subjects, you can be sure that Bklyn Blggng will always go one step further for its readers. Maybe even two or three steps. (Victoria’s Secret,…

  • 72 HFS: Sorta Low Above Times Square

    Bummer! Dry Clean Only, our entry in the Second Annual 72 Hour Film Shootout, came away empty-handed at the awards ceremony last night at MTV Studios. Despite this disappointment, however, I still feel really proud of the film and our team. (Not t…

  • Poor Skeleton Steps Out

    Title reference: XTC (Evolution, 120 Spring St, Manhattan)

  • Two Bridges

    (Brooklyn Bridge)

  • J & J & D On CCTV

    (Spring St & Crosby St, Manhattan)

  • 360 Sunset in Red Hook

    Whenever you start to get the crazy idea that you need a lot of money to have a good time in this city, get on your bike and get over to Red Hook on a beautiful summer’s evening. The crazy idea will disappear with the sunset. Panorama-rama: 360 Ka…

  • Rat Next to the Board of Education Building

    More of the unofficial NYC mascot: Rodenticide (Special Guest Star: Tiki Barber) Rodenticide Tuesday Unlucky Rats (I Am, I Said) Time Out From The Rat Race (New York City Department of Education, 110 Livingston St, Brooklyn)

  • Security, Heightened

    More Bowling Green: Bowling Green Grow The Rushes Step Up To The Customs House And It Was All Yellow Flight by A Woman A Whiter Shade of Bowling Green 3 A Whiter Shade of Bowling Green 2 A Whiter Shade of Bowling Green The Secret of My Success A S…

  • Peace is Still The Dream

    I was going to write about New York’s loss (and London’s win) of the 2012 Olympics, but in light of this morning’s terrorist attacks in London, it seems trivial and disrespectful to do so. Let’s hope there’s no more bloodshed there (or anywhere el…

  • Eastern Terminal

    Title reference: Superchunk (LaGuardia Airport, Queens)

  • Eight Moments Outside Pearl River

    (Pearl River Mart, 477 Broadway, Manhattan)

  • July, Forthwith!

    More Mei Lai Wah: Three Questions for Karen (Mei Lai Wah Coffee House, 64 Bayard St, Manhattan)

  • At a Cousin’s Wedding

    You gotta know it It’s electric Boogie woogie woogie (Pleasantdale Chateau, West Orange, NJ)

  • Pudding Heads for Spring Street

    Further fotos of favorite food facilities: Your Pork Chop House Excellency Fay-Da Window Heart Stupid 360 Katz’s Love @ Two Boots Yuletide on Pell Street (Rice to Riches, 37 Spring St, Manhattan)

  • Me and My Sis Geeking Out at Forbidden Planet

    Please oh please will someone buy me a Spinner. (Forbidden Planet, 840 Broadway, Manhattan)

  • The Corrections

    Sometimes I think I should be reading something a bit more cheerful, but as Jay-Z says, you are who you are playa. So let me recommend two really good books I???ve read lately on violence, crime, and punishment. Ted Conover???s Newjack is an award-win…

  • Under the Milky Way

    Title reference: The Church (The Cathedral Church of St John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Av, Manhattan)

  • King of Birds

    Title reference: R.E.M. Flock to these related posts: BP Bird Birds Above A Six, A Gull, A Statue (Mulberry St & Mosco St, Manhattan)

  • Good to See You

    Title reference: Neil Young. (112 St & Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, Manhattan)

  • We Workers Do Not Understand Your Cameraphone Fixation

    …and we won’t buy Camper Van Beethoven’s beautiful but eccentric instrumental from the iTunes Music Store, either. (Mott St & Mosco St, Manhattan)

  • Shopping @ Sahadi’s

    (Sahadi’s Importing Co., Atlantic Av, Brooklyn)

  • Madder Roses

    If you love great spaces and haven’t yet been to the NYPL Rose Reading Room, stop reading this stupid blog right now and get your ass over there. And Car Song by Madder Rose would be a great song to listen to while you’re there. With headphones, o…

  • Terminal Tackle

    In another life — or maybe much later in this one — I’m going to open a store just for the sake of being able to give it a cool name like this one. (Terminal Tackle, Kings Park, NY)

  • Pay/Phone/Call

    I’m sure they’re good to have around, but boy am I glad I don’t have to use public pay phones anymore. Title reference: Jon Brion. More Canal St Station Posts (it may be smelly, but it’s an inspirational kind of smelly): Rodenticide Gratitude Red …