Neighborhood News

Two news items from the neighborhood this weekend.  Whoever does the market analysis for USA Today decided that our corner of Harlem now has enough people within their target market to distribute the paper here.  Several new boxes appeared along 116th sometime Saturday, including this one in front of my building.

Not that I am suggesting untoward behavior, but that box is not secured and would make an interesting end table/conversation piece.

The construction fence surrounding The Kalahari came down last week and a big sign went up on the building.  Gravel is in on the sidewalk and the concrete should be poured soon.   I think the doors pictured here will be the entrance to the movie theater.

On the negative side, the vendor that sold fruit on the west side of Lenox disappeared a couple of months ago.  The coffee and donut cart is still there, and has been joined by a second coffee and donut cart on the east side of the street.

Comments

[judy Petrie]

happy birthday!!!

[cheryl]

It's your birthday? Happy Birthday, New York Joe!

[Joe]

Yes it is. Thank you very much!

[Ann]

Joe-
Did you get a coffee table for your b-day? Coffee table news takes on a new view!

Happy Birthday... I didn't know.
AZ & Jeff

[thegayrecluse]

But on the positive side, "the head shop" is still there, right?

[judy Petrie]

I think I am germ phobic. Are all those spots on the sidewalk spit marks?

[Joe]

Thanks Ann and Jeff!

I don't know anything about a head shop. Where is it located?

Those spots are fossilized chewing gum.

[Ed]

Should someone consider a matching end table, the intersection of 110th/Frederick Douglass Blvd is apparently now worthy of a news box as well. It appeared last weekend and will, with any luck, disappear.

[Joe]

I guess they hit up the whole neighborhood. Too bad for them that I don't read USA Today unless it is free at my hotel.