shame on you new york city!

Ok 

Mayor Bloomberg,

you could almost spit on 

this 

Tony Rosenthal

sculpture from your offices in City Hall.

The Cops

at One Police Plaza

could piss on it,

it's so close to headquarters,

and it looks like they may have been have been.

Maybe Tony 

is no 

Alexander Calder,

but

COME ON!

This is embarrassing....

"5 in 1" sits between One Police Plaza

and 

One Center Street.

(Not exactly out of the way...

Well, maybe a little,

since 9/11,

but that is no excuse!)

There were many tourist around when I took these shots.

A kid asked me for directions to Pier 17

and I 

TOTALLY

gave him the wrong directions.

I felt bad about that all day.

Hopefully he stumbled upon something

cool he and his family would have otherwise not seen,

at least I like to hope that....

ROSENTHAL

1971-74

FIRST PRIZE

"5 in 1"

Well, 

It was restored in 1989.

Time to do it again....

APOLLON WATERPROOFING

AND

RESTORATION CORP.

The skateboarders,

you can't blame them.

The thing looks like it has been abandoned.

Flying rat poop 

and

paint do not mix....

Rusty in a bad way,

not a Richard Serra

way.

(He's my neighbor! And yes, he 

could kick everyone's ass!)

This thing is so cool too,

and

HUGE!

More neglect.

It can't paint itself

Mr. Mayor.

Sigh....

At least it is still in place.

Anyone remember

"Tilted Arc"

?

That's the majestic

Beaux-Arts

Manhattan Municipal Building

standing proudly, yet sadly

behind it,

designed by none other than 

McKim, Mead and White.

Please NYC,

a proper paint job wouldn't 

cost

that much....