Just a beautiful morning on 14th Street.
My new assistant, Jenny Lando, arrived and our journey began.
Right on 6th we encountered a lovely lady that had seen the wall on Friday...but the other side. She, like so many, feels sorrow for all the shootings. I did notice that she wore a number of buttons addressing social concern and groups. "God will remember you."
As we traveled down 14th we had many encounters as Jenny handed her camera to a complete stranger to take our photo crossing 5th Avenue.
We continued down 14th and met an elderly lady that was drawn to the piece because of the flowers as her sister had died on Friday.
I later encountered a very sad lady with a bunch of fresh flowers that was honoring the 8th anniversary of her Mother's passing. Her Mother's name was Fakhrie.
The day passed really fast. Jenny has a friend, Donna Dees Thomases, that lives on 14th and took a wonderful shot from her apartment of the wall. Jenny grew up in the East Village and had stories and histories to share.
We then headed back to Union Square and again stopped on the eastside near the police precinct as people were very interested about Faded Glory. There seem to be many artists out that were drawn to this piece and many doing similar work and documentation.
We entered the park and positioned the wall in front of the Abe Lincoln statue and that seemed to be a good location as well with many visitors addressing the wall.
We continued to the front of the park where several projects were happening. A really great energy. A photographer came by, Eddie Pagan. He has been photographing NYC for the past three decades focusing on social and racial issues. He really loved FADED GLORY.
There seemed to be a good bit of conversation about government's lack of transparency, honest, and truth. Too many cover ups.
Two guys, Jesus and Manny, stopped by as they are a team in a mentoring program and talked a good deal about how important it is to mentor and support each other and were very interested in the wall.
There is so much information that I have collected over these days. So many notes and photos.
My new assistant, Jenny Lando, arrived and our journey began.
Right on 6th we encountered a lovely lady that had seen the wall on Friday...but the other side. She, like so many, feels sorrow for all the shootings. I did notice that she wore a number of buttons addressing social concern and groups. "God will remember you."
Photo Jenny Lando
I later encountered a very sad lady with a bunch of fresh flowers that was honoring the 8th anniversary of her Mother's passing. Her Mother's name was Fakhrie.
The day passed really fast. Jenny has a friend, Donna Dees Thomases, that lives on 14th and took a wonderful shot from her apartment of the wall. Jenny grew up in the East Village and had stories and histories to share.
Photo Jenny Lando
Photo Jenny Lando
There seemed to be a good bit of conversation about government's lack of transparency, honest, and truth. Too many cover ups.
Jesus and Manny
There is so much information that I have collected over these days. So many notes and photos.
Some really fun ladies on 14th.
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