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Wild Berries

andrew — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:57:13 +0000

These certainly look like strawberries…

Shoes to Fill

andrew — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:17:23 +0000

Ice Cream in the Park

andrew — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:05:16 +0000

Strictly speaking, driving your Mister Softee truck INTO the park is not allowed. Strictly speaking.

Discarded Papasan

andrew — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:26:03 +0000

I was, probably not by accident, under the impression the papasan chair was some kind of genius Japanese import. Wikipedia tells me it’s an American product. But, you know, it’s Wikipedia:

Anyway, someone left the frame of one in Malcolm X Park. I believe it may have migrated from the notorious short-dump at 52nd and Larchwood. If you’re so inclined, consider rescuing it and turning it into a solar cooker! Seriously, this thing is pretty amazing:

Image Source: http://www.appropedia.org/Papasan_Chair_Solar_Cooker

Found in Malcolm X Park: Honda SilverWing trunk

andrew — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:07:54 +0000

“Found in Malcolm X Park” is an occasional feature on a piece of trash or other discarded item discovered in or recovered or from the park. This is the trunk and backrest for what looks to be a early to mid-1980s Honda Silver Wing Motorcycle:

First Person Arts is bringing Davy Rothbart of Found Magazine to the First Person Festival of Memoir and Documentary Art on Friday November 14th at the Painted Bride Art Center in Old City. If you’re into found stuff, this guy’s well worth seeing. Details and tickets here

What is it?

andrew — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:47:07 +0000

This curious object occupied a swatch of sidewalk along 51st St. this morning:

That’s some kind of metal pole sticking out of the middle of it.

Homelessness

andrew — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:15:04 +0000

Somewhere, there’s an improvised baseball diamond missing its home plate. Found in Malcolm X Park:

Crushing Graffiti

andrew — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:09:51 +0000

This swiss-cheese-like climbing structure seems to function as a renewable little community bulletin board, recording crushes, turf declarations, base profanity, as well as more puzzling and subtle testimonials, as in the third image above which features the word “worries” by itself followed by a lingering scatter-plot of sharpie marks, as though the author considered elaborating but thought better of it.

And based on the idiosyncratic spelling of “bite” on two of the panels, it looks like Aisha might be spreading her crush around to both Tyree and Amir.

A cleaning crew wiped this graffiti clean this week, leaving a fresh canvas.

Found in Malcolm X Park: Rattan Elephant

andrew — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:15:31 +0000

I’m not the only one who finds odd, humorous, and occasionally compelling, items in Malcolm X Park. Al, the park’s seasonal maintenance attendant, finds little presents all the time. He thought this one might have been left as an insult, to suggest he was getting fat:

Here’s an interview with Al from August 2007, talking about how Malcolm X Park has changed over the years.

Found in Malcolm X Park: Shock Baby Pacifier

andrew — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:51:42 +0000

Unfortunately, the “Shock Baby” flashing pacifier itself was long gone.

According to the packaging, it’s not okay to actually shock baby. It’s okay to shock anyone 6+