Low budget, urban playground

Ticket windows at Shea Stadium. Tomorrow is the first home game of the final season for the NY Mets at Shea.

Those legendary NYC Taxis - always around, except when you need one!

2-for-1: Two of the many sculptures by Tom Otterness installed at the subway station at 14th Street & 8th Ave. I previously posted another work by Otterness at Battery Park City. But, the subway exhibit, Life Underground, includes one my favorites of his - the gator (or is it a crock?) coming out of the manhole grabbing the kid.

A sure sign of spring in Seward Park. When little plastic flags sprout up from the ground, I know that beautiful, spring flowers can't be too far behind.

Fresh seafood for sale on the streets of Chinatown.

A row of townhouses along Washington Square North, in the heart of NYU Land.