Bradley Farless

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Bus Breakdown

NYC uses a mix of old and new buses in the city. A few days ago, I was on one of the older buses (the M100) when I started to smell something burning. At the next stop, the driver turned the bus off and told everyone to leave. I think the engine must have been…
13th and Ave B: Store Fronts
Our Dog Gummy Bear

He was supposed to be euthanized so my wife brought him home. He’s about 10-12 and is (I think) a Yorkshire / Dachshund mix. He’s quiet, already trained, and is always excited to see us, unlike some cats I know.
My Cats: Dapper and Thumper Gallery Update
#Hudson #River earlier today at about 160th Street. #aob

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The Cloisters (Metropolitan Museum of Art – Medieval Gallery)

The Cloisters is the medieval art branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, located in Fort Tryon Park in upper Manhattan. The building that houses the galleries is an amazing conglomeration of multiple monasteries from Europe that were crated up, shipped here to New York, and then reconstructed on site using a mix of original…
Rite Aid Hired Professional Graffiti Artists to Redecorate Exterior for Grand Re-Opening

Just up the road from us there’s a Rite Aid. The place looked pretty sleazy when we first moved in, but over the last few weeks they really fixed the place up. It looks modern and new and doesn’t have that cramped, dirty feel to it anymore. In addition to fixing up the outside of…
Wednesday Paint
Abandoned Buildings on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd (AKA 7th Avenue)

These are some pictures of two old, abandoned buildings we saw on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd (which is also Seventh Avenue). I have no idea what these buildings were originally built for, but the narrower one had been repurposed at least once. The arched openings had been sealed over with concrete blocks that had…