“People liked the fact that they were sort of campy,” said Mr. Pintchik’s brother, Michael. “It’s too bad we didn’t know, otherwise we would have ordered them in bulk.” Despite the daily wear and tear, attrition has stayed low. After two weeks, only 25 of the nearly 400 chairs and loungers have been taken out of service. Fifteen others were reported stolen, and two more were picked off by an errant fire truck, according to Mr. Tompkins. (“It wasn’t going fast,” he added hastily.)
It’s kind of tacky but as a temporary thing its kind of fun.
one of my favorite things in London is that there are folding lounge chairs in the parks (I think Hyde Park but I might be mistaken) where people can sit and people watch. Of course there is green space in a park … not so much in Times Square.
It made me laugh when I first saw the picture- it’s just so ludicrous to think of people sitting in the middle of Times Square in cheap lawn chairs. To think that future generations won’t think of it in the same crazy-ass traffic and hordes of people way…
Part of me wonders if they are making a mistake – sometimes turning streets into pedestrian ways doesn’t work. They tried that with State Street in Chicago for a while and it was a huge failure. People LIKED walking down the street with traffic – they felt safer.
On the other hand that place in Louisville that was a covered street that we walked through was a pretty cool idea.
when I saw that they were closing it to traffic, I was really glad we had driven the boys through Times Square on one of our visits there…it’s such an experience.
That Louisville thing was really cool. I like the blast of cool air as we walked under it too…but not very environmentally friendly.
Jerusalem – Ma’an – Israeli forces seized four Palestinian children during a raid the West Bank village of Hizma, northeast of Jerusalem early on Wednesday morning.
Witnesses in the village said Israeli soldiers stormed dozens of houses, detaining Dawood Mohammad Najeeb, 12, Abdullah Hassan Najeeb, Shararah Hassan Mahmood Najeeb, 11, and Mahmoud Kareem Najeeb, 12.
I read your ranked list of 20th century presidents and thought about it for a while. I’d probably come up with a different order, especially at the low end, though that would mostly be splitting hairs over the relative positioning of non-entities like McKinley and Harding.
Seeing them all together, though, I do have to concede your point about most of them being — what was your phrase? — epically bad.
A more useful consideration than ranking that bunch of losers might be this: how do we reform the system (and our society) to produce better elected representatives?
Too dang funny. Only New York could tacky up Time Square in such a way. Just what any city needs is a bunch of slugs lounging in the tourist area. LOL Just wait till the homeless find the chairs. They will disappear very quickly or at least anything not nailed down in Austin does.
The lawn-chairs are just great, not only because they look surreal in Times Square, but because, unlike the fancy benches that will replace them, they are very comfy. I’ve had lunch in them several times and will miss them when they’re gone.
They need some of those umbrella hats to go along with the chairs.
I love the person with the pink hair that matches he chair in the foreground.
It’s almost like a temporary art installation.
It’s kind of tacky but as a temporary thing its kind of fun.
one of my favorite things in London is that there are folding lounge chairs in the parks (I think Hyde Park but I might be mistaken) where people can sit and people watch. Of course there is green space in a park … not so much in Times Square.
It made me laugh when I first saw the picture- it’s just so ludicrous to think of people sitting in the middle of Times Square in cheap lawn chairs. To think that future generations won’t think of it in the same crazy-ass traffic and hordes of people way…
Part of me wonders if they are making a mistake – sometimes turning streets into pedestrian ways doesn’t work. They tried that with State Street in Chicago for a while and it was a huge failure. People LIKED walking down the street with traffic – they felt safer.
On the other hand that place in Louisville that was a covered street that we walked through was a pretty cool idea.
when I saw that they were closing it to traffic, I was really glad we had driven the boys through Times Square on one of our visits there…it’s such an experience.
That Louisville thing was really cool. I like the blast of cool air as we walked under it too…but not very environmentally friendly.
Yep, sorta Christo meets David Hockney meets WalMart
Last few weeks, IDF has escalated aggression:
Everytime there is any sign of peace….IDF provokes a Palestinian response. Of course we never hear the Palestinian side.
High Line Park opens in NYC, turning an old elevated rail line into a green walkway 3 stories above street level.
I read your ranked list of 20th century presidents and thought about it for a while. I’d probably come up with a different order, especially at the low end, though that would mostly be splitting hairs over the relative positioning of non-entities like McKinley and Harding.
Seeing them all together, though, I do have to concede your point about most of them being — what was your phrase? — epically bad.
A more useful consideration than ranking that bunch of losers might be this: how do we reform the system (and our society) to produce better elected representatives?
Too dang funny. Only New York could tacky up Time Square in such a way. Just what any city needs is a bunch of slugs lounging in the tourist area. LOL Just wait till the homeless find the chairs. They will disappear very quickly or at least anything not nailed down in Austin does.
What a great story – I love it! The mayor needs to lighten up – a smart pol would be seen sitting in one of those chairs.
The lawn-chairs are just great, not only because they look surreal in Times Square, but because, unlike the fancy benches that will replace them, they are very comfy. I’ve had lunch in them several times and will miss them when they’re gone.