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Design and Innovation

Pink Thing of the Day: A Jelly Pink Bus Stop on Avenue A

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jelly job pink bus shelter ad photo by gail worley
All Photos By Gail

There is no doubt that the best Pink Things surprise me when I’m just going about my day. On the final day of February, I noticed that the bus shelter on the corner of Avenue A and 14th Street had undergone a rather fabulous transformation. What is normally a standard-issue city bus stop had been temporarily turned into a bright pink boutique-style waiting area as part of an ad campaign for Jelly Job lip gloss. Continue reading Pink Thing of the Day: A Jelly Pink Bus Stop on Avenue A →

Arts and Culture

Rat Boi Mural By Sheryo and The Yok

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Rat Boi By Sheryo and The Yok
Photos By Gail

This fun mural features an urban rodent character called Rat Boi, and it is a collaboration from street artists Sheryo and The Yok. The mural went up on Allen Street (as part of The New Allen project) in October of 2017. Continue reading Rat Boi Mural By Sheryo and The Yok →

Arts and Culture

Stained Glass Mural By @Tapeartist on Avenue C Bus Shelter

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Tape Artist Bus Station
All Photos By Gail

When I arrived for the start of my morning commute at the bus stop near the corner of Avenue C and 14th Street, adjacent to Stuyvesant Town, I encountered a lovely surprise in the form of this psychedelic tape mural stretching across the back glass of the bus shelter. The geometric design by E.S. Klein, also known as Tape Artist, (@tapeartist) must have gone up prior to this past holiday weekend. I love it!

Tape Artist Stained Glass Mural Detail

The multi-color design is meticulously applied and really brightens up the bus shelter. My guess is that Klein put this up over the course of couple of late night sessions.

Tape Artist Tag

I hope that the City and the MTA lets it stay up.

Bus Stop Sign

If you want to add the Stained Glass Tape Mural to your next Urban Street Art Safari, here is the Bus Shelter’s location.

Bus Shelter

Tape Artist Stained Glass Mural Detail

Update: As of Friday 10/13 at 7:30 AM, This Mural Has Been Removed. Sadness!

Pop Culture

Stay Puft Marshmallow Man on Third Avenue

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Stay Puft
All Photos By Gail

It rarely fails that when I am waiting for the downtown bus on Third Avenue and 14th Street, a completely batshit insane individual will walk up and try to engage me in conversation. I am not sure if it is just a wild coincidence, or something about the location of that particular bus stop that attracts the crazies, but it has happened on more occasions than I would care to recall. And when it happened again just yesterday, I was fortunately able to remove myself from the situation by wandering up the street to snap this photo of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man happily attracting Halloween shoppers into Ricky’s, which is across the street from the bus stop.

Rickys Storefront

Ricky’s of NYC: for your one-stop Halloween costume shopping needs!

Humor and Cuteness, Lifestyle

Monkey Balloon

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Monkey Balloon
Photo By Gail

I was waiting for the 14D crosstown Bus on 9th Avenue between 17th and 18th Streets and spotted this fun balloon dancing merrily in the wind while tethered to a door of the Community Center of the Housing Project located at that address.