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You can’t get much more OLD SCHOOL than these photos of East Houston Street and surrounding blocks of the Lower East Side of Manhattan. I found these gems while perusing old photos on the New York Public Library’s website:

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https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/New_York_City_Subway_Track_Maps

This site is cool. It shows you maps of subway tracks (not route maps but track maps) in Manhattan, The Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn. I love that we are able to have a peek at what goes beyond our sightline while on the subway platform.

For example, the map below shows how tracks are laid out in the East Village/Lower East Side. You’ll have to click on the picture to see it in good detail:

If only we could take guided tours of abandoned rail lines!

I’ve walked by this gallery many times at 6 East 1st Street (bet. 2nd Ave & Bowery). Here’s a link to their site: http://lamama.org/lagalleria/

Today I stopped in and was greeted by the sweet young man behind the front desk. I asked and he said it was ok for me to take photos of the work. The exhibit was a one-artist display of Virginia Poundstone’s “Pumping Liquidity into the System”. It was a great mix of nature against the backdrop of slightly-decayed and graffitied man-made structures (a favorite theme of mine!). The artist set photos of nature onto vinyl and steel and set them in concrete. She also strategically placed prints of greenery against backdrops of the graffitied Nada Tunnel (located in Kentucky). These were really cool pieces and I was glad I finally took a look around this gallery. The exhibit ends on April 9 so check it out soon!

Continue to the full post… “La MaMa Galleria visit, 04/03/11”