7 September 2017, Thursday

Cat‐minding and photography day in Manhattan.

73rd St. (1463–65). Blurry turban man (1463–64). Ladder worker and other worker (1465).

Major reconstruction on 37th Rd. (1466–70).

Young man wearing a Leonardo t shirt with a public‐domain image thereon while reading an art book (6376–77) on the E. ❤

Cookie purring (1471). {Fed the cat and did other things.} (See SMS messages with Gar.)

W. 15th St. (1472–78). Construction of 61 Ninth Ave. (1472–74). 443/450 NBC skybridge (1475–77).

14th St. Pk. (1478–86).

W. 15th St. (1487–98). Chelsea Market exterior (1483, 1487–89). Construction of 61 Ninth Ave. (1491–98).

Eighth Ave. (1499–1502). Closed N. Vill. Deli (1501–02).

Abingdon Sq. (1503–13). Doughboy sculpture by Philip Martiny (d. 1927) (1506–12).

Bleecker St. (1514–30). Family (1979), sculpture by חיים גרױס (d. 1991) in Bleecker P’ground (1516–17). 88 Perry St. azulejo mosaic (1972) (1518–19). Ladder worker (1520–22). Fr. Demo Sq. (1523–30), incl. fountain and Pompeii Lady steeple.

W. 3rd St. (1531–33). Men in W. 4th St. courts (1531).

Washington Sq. Pk. (1534–50). S. Indian dance troupe (1541, 1543). Blurry jazz musicians (1544). Alexander Holley bust by John Quincy Adams Ward (d. 1910) (1545–47). Chalk text (1549–50).

W. 4th St. Washington Sq. Diner (1551–56). Pesto salmon (1552–55).

Tree in knit or crochet sleeve on Christopher St. (1557–58, 1580).

Hudson River Pk./pier (1559–79). Playful dogs (1559). Someone els’s photo session (1562–63). Man doing split (1565). Skateboarder (1566–67). Fishermen (1568). Geese (1569–70). Headstand man (1572, 1574). Construction (1484–85, 1578–79).

Christopher St. (1580–83). Rolling a carpet on the sidewalk (1581–83).

W. 4th St. (1584–90). Chin‐up man (1588). Ran into Frank M. and went to Music Inn (1589–90).

Transit notices outside and inside W. 4th St. sta., Ave. of the Americas (1591–93).

37th Ave. Finally spoke to face‐tat man, learned his name (T’masz) and found out he’d thought every time I walked past that I worked at nearby restaurant Talk of the Town.

Lobby memo (1594). Troy in the hallway.

37th Ave. (1595). Waited on a long line in اپنا بازار (‎21:26) to pay for my pecans so I would have the handsome cashier with the beauty mark and the hairy forearms, and it reminded me of my having done a similar thing in F’town. While I waited, a tall handsome friend of his came to shake his hand but my smartphone’s charging at home prevented my photographing the cute scene. Blurry “canta loops” (1595).

Entered the building the same time as טלי.

37th Ave. (6378–80). Egg salad, Bologna sausage, sliced packaged Turkey, garden‐vegetable guacamole (a poor choice), Swiss and discount Jarlsberg cheeses, blackberries and sour cream from FD. Again, someone other than S’eed was changing the window posters (6378–79).