Cold snowy night. NYC does not have it's homeless shelter program completely worked out.
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15 February, 2007 • Express Train
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Wow. The color of that blanket is eerie, and I love the reflections of the lights on the wall and the glow on the banisters and walls, again. Surprisingly, that hint of the tunnel at the bottom makes it seem much more welcoming to go even farther underground.
Fantastic! It must be cold there or he don't like photographers!
Guillaume
PHLOG
The BMT is haunted by the ghosts of those killed by a strike-breaker who took a curve too fast one evening rush hour in 1918.
Yeah, if you cover up that light from the tunnel underneath it totally changes the picture.
Any links to more on that story, Sam?
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That's incredible...
Search for "Malbone Street".
For a split second I thought it was staged but knowing the nature of your work it obviously wasn't. It haunts me in a deep place and makes me feel sad that a fellow human is huddled in a corner on a freezing night. Why can't we fix this!
Dear God...what a shame...that poor guy is obviously freezing his goanies off. I'd much rather frost my groodies off in the 'hood than across the street from some of the most affluent residents of Park Slope.
Great shot, though.
Still, I hope that guy finds someplace nice to warm up, somehow.
Meanwhile, the city's mayor is hitting parked cars with parking violations due to non removal of their cars in a snow storm and this poor individual I would imagine is homeless. Where is the priority?
This one reminds me of when I was growing up in the city, in the 60s and 70s. This was a much more common site back then (like, every three feet was someone else without a place to go).
This is how I imagined the whole world. Full of homeless people, and no one seeming to care.
This one is New York, to me. One hundred percent.
Thanks Travis.
anon