The reactions of people on and around the area they call Crack Row---the northwest corner of Washington Square Park---varies and changes. Earlier today, while doing my sidcha of picking up…
Following up my post Addiction in Greenwich Village, Early Summer 2024, here are new pictures starting late summer. These Pictures Are Of Our Culture, Including You and Me, Not the…
Here is the greatest sign of addiction I commonly see, a disposable plastic cup from Starbucks, being thrown away, sweat still forming on the plastic from the ice not yet…
Litter isn't a result of too little sanitation. It's too much production and people still buying it. I've meant to post these pictures since I took them in the spring.…
This week I finished: The Wise Men Know What Wicked Things Are Written on the Sky, by Russell Kirk: Before diving into the twenty hours of Kirk's The Conservative Mind,…
Regular readers know I write about addiction here a lot, especially the heavy addiction in Washington Square Park, where I see syringes all the time, as well as people smoking…
They put up umbrellas to be less obvious in one sense since you can't see they syringe as easily, but more obvious if you know the reason for the umbrella.…
A couple weeks ago, in a hurry to meet someone, I passed by one of the few addicts I've seen regularly in the northwest corner of Washington Square Park, in…