Tag: 14 Street Union Square

The Wall at 14th Street Union Square

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I don’t expect this blog post to get many Likes or even views but as a Black Woman Living in a racist sexist ageist country about to be taken over by the devil and his cohorts I cannot ignore what goes on around me and make believe Life is all sugar coated candy canes.

On 9/11 2001 we pulled together as one country, one people. We had a sense of nation and unity. On 11/9 2016 that was all shattered. Hopes for the future died. The rift, divide, chasm caused by the hateful words of one man, one male is who now preparing to be the “leader of the not so free world” has shattered all illusions of unity. He has dug from the filth swampy wastelands to stir up hatreds and vendettas that should have remained buried. Our county has now been thrown into an uncertain chaos which will affect everyone whether they care to admit it or not.

But then as my Dad Edward G. Palmer used to say when I was a girl, “I’m Free, Black and 21!”  So I express my opinion beholden to No One and never needing validation.

Let’s face it, when many white people look at me it’s like they just tasted something nasty and kept trying to spit it out of their mouths. Bring out your spittoons!!

Brutally Honest! No Apologies!!

The Wall @ 14th Street Union Square

The Wall at 14th Street Union Square Subway Station. I did not add my sentiments I only recorded the feelings and emotions of my fellow New Yorkers. As a photographer I’m also in the position of being a social activist. I do not live in an isolated bubble. I must record what goes on around me as did many other photographers who preceded me during the Harlem Renaissance, during the 1940s, 50s & 60s Civil Rights Movements, Disability Rights Movement, Women’s Rights plus the protests, marches and demonstrations of our Native American Sisters and brothers.

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Given what is going on in this country no traveling for Thanksgiving this year. We are just target practice for gun wielding racists.

 

Gentrification = Colonization ~~ Take Back the Hood

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Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: 2016 Week 42

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Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: 2016 Week 42

 

 

Bathroom Mermaid
Bathroom Mermaid
Bathroom Mermaid Queen

 

 

Was the Band on the Run? Did they disappear from Central Park only to reappear at 14th Street Union Square Subway Station?  And Who is that Masked Man in the Band?  Are they trapped in that Teeny Tiny Diorama located at Best Buy 86th Street? Is this beginning to sound like an episode of the Twilight Zone?

Only you know the answer?!!

 

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Way Down in the Hole

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DAILY PROMPT

Underground

Stephen inside a Vintage Subway

 

Subway Musicians
Subway Musicians
Subway Musicians
Subway Musicians
Subway Musicians
The Ebony Hillbillies
Wi-Fi Here
The Commuters
3 Blind Mice & a Zombie
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Ebony Hillbillies
Subway Musicians
Stephen and The Commuters
Subway Musicians
Grand Central
The Commuters
The Commuters
The Commuters

 

 

Parakeet

 

Way Down In The Hole-Blind Boys Of Alabama

 

 

 

 

 

Friday Jamming @ 14th St. Union Square

On By dancingpalmtreesIn 14th Street Union Square Subway Station, Central Park, Raices Group, Red, Uncategorized9 Comments

 

Always some really great musicians jamming within the 14th Street Union Square Subway Station. This is where you transfer from the 4, 5, & 6 trains to the L Train.  I always donate before I film the musicians. After all they must make a living also. They truly earn their money.  The man in the first video did take off his blindfold. I’m not sure of the reason behind the blindfold but I’m guessing it helped him with his concentration.

Then a return to Central Park. Nature in the midst of the Big Apple. I Love Central Park and since I work near the part I try to walk through on my way home. Great Photos of the New York Skyline!!

 

 

 

 

April Central Park Sideways Blooper!!  LOL!!

 

Walking Through Central Park June 7th on my way to the 86th Street CPW (Central Park West) Subway Station

 

Let’s Play Ball!!

Let’s Play Ball!!
Play Ball!!

DeBorah and the Dancing Samurai

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HAPPY FACE!!

That’s me cracking up laughing with my new Japanese Samurai Dancing buddy at 14th Street Union Square Subway Station in Manhattan.  We took photos and boogied together!! Mr. Japanese Samurai Tom Cruise also had two colorful chicken buddies!!

 

 

The Lost Samurai

 

The Lost Samurai
Dancing Samurai