The Award for Best Kobe Bryant Tribute Goes to Whoever Altered This Sign!

Whoever put this creative little sign up, BRAVO!

I’m always delighted at the spirit displayed by my fellow New Yorkers, and what I saw this morning is no exception.

People all over the world are in shock over the death of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gigi, and several other people, including two more teenagers, in a helicopter crash in California.  It’s so sad.

Yet somebody in New York City created a unique little tribute to the fallen basketball star, and I love it.  Someone changed the “42nd Street Bryant Park” sign in the subway to read “Kobe Bryant Park.”

I hope the MTA allows this to stand.  There’s no reason at all why “Bryant Park” can’t have the name “Kobe” in front of it.  It’s brilliant, so to whoever did this, BRAVO!

 

MTA Searching For Artists To Design Murals For Three Bensonhurst Subway Stations – Sheepshead Bay News Site

“Brooklyn Seeds,” a Glass mosaic by Jason Middlebrook, at Avenue U station on the MTA Q line.  The next subway mural could be…YOURS!

CALLING ALL ARTISTS!  I know there’s plenty of you out there…

Do you have what it takes to have your artwork featured in New York City subway stations? The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Arts and Design division is seeking local artists to submit their best designs to be featured in five Brooklyn N train stations, including three in Bensonhurst. Read more here, and good luck to all entrants:

Source: MTA Searching For Artists To Design Murals For Three Bensonhurst Subway Stations – Sheepshead Bay News Site

Photos from “No Pants Day on the Subway” 2014

This is a wacky but funny event!  Every year in the cold of January, a “flash mob” of pranksters congregates, just for fun, rides the subway, drops their drawers, and run around the trains in their underwear.  They try to be nonchalant about it – and watch people’s reactions.

I found out where one of the groups was congregating and infiltrated it with my camera.  And before anyone asks, no, I didn’t participate in the Great Event.  I just recorded it.  Take a look at the smiles on some of those happy faces!  Noe that one dude is wearing underwear emblazoned with the NYC Subway map.  Here are a few shots of the hilarious results: