Junkies still get their fix in Tompkins Square Park.
While it is well-known among jazz fans in New York that the great virtuoso Charlie Parker lived across from Tompkins Square Park during the 1950s—a jazz festival in his name takes place there every year—another vitally important saxophonist was, it has only recently been discovered, a one-time homeless inhabitant of New York, possibly in Tompkins Square itself, as well as in shelters and institutions around the city and elsewhere. In fact, the revelation that this man is still alive puts to rest an enduring and agonizingly unresolved mystery: the unknown whereabouts and presumed demise of Giuseppi Logan. (via WFMU’s Beware of the Blog: Lost and Blessedly Found: Giuseppi Logan! (MP3/videos))
feeds.feedburner.com ‘Heroin Was Sold in Candy Stores’ Best known for his work documenting war and suffering around the world, photographer Q. Sakamaki’s new book, Tompkins Square Park, shows his earlier work in a place so close yet so far…
thedeadline-blog dascola This video is awesome. NYC shot in tilt shift, time lapse video. I love it. thedeadline The best thing I’ve watched all week. Put on your headphones and play it full screen. worshiptheglitch Beautiful. This is what pulls me back to NYC when I find myself longing for this. NYC
boriskellerman worshiptheglitch Boris Kellerman: Ear In, NYC boris kellerman nyc artists on tumblr ear inn
A powerful, human, connected documentary about homeless people living in a NYC train tunnel.Watch @ Netflix nyc homelessness underground documentary
Since I’ve lived in NYC, I’ve seen a rooster (125th & Broadway), a goose (155th & Broadway), a goat, a racoon (26th & 4th Ave, Brooklyn) and a horse (bolting down the center of Coney Island Ave) roaming around various parts of the city. Saw this goat in Sunset Park. (via Eric M-ortensen) NYC Brooklyn
Took a long walk today with the dog and picked up an assortment of NYC/NY State goods from Fire Island Beer Company, Ithaca Beer Company, Keegan Ales, Mast Brothers and Tierra Farms while drinking a BAO Kombucha. beautiful day nyc local