Yesterday was clear and practically balmy, in the 60’s; a nice day to enjoy the view from the Smith and 9th Street subway platform.
Posts Tagged ‘chainlink’
Through the fence at Smith & 9th
Posted in Misc, Transportation, tagged brooklyn, chainlink, f train, g train, kentile sign, nyc subway, photography, smith and 9th, view from subway platform on December 4, 2009| 1 Comment »
Fence trophy
Posted in art & photography, Misc, tagged a tree grows in brooklyn, ailanthus, betty smith, brooklyn, chainlink, invasive plants, mta, photography, tree of heaven, trophy head on May 14, 2009| 1 Comment »
First I saw the hooves. After that, the trophy head made sense. These fence adornments are remnants of the ailanthus tree (tree of heaven). Property owners generally disregard the ailanthus’ metaphoric qualities, written about in Betty Smith’s 1943 novel, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and chop it down. The MTA, on whose property these tree parts once grew, used a chainsaw.
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