Small Black put on a great show at Cake Shop the other day. I do think the glo-fi sound works a little bit better in the studio / recorded, however it was still great to see them live.

New York received its first significant snowfall of the season this past Saturday night. This lot is adjacent to the new two-way, separated bike path on Kent Avenue in South Williamsburg. This is a few blocks away from the recent protesting and uproar about the removal of a critical bike lane on Bedford Avenue, an area already especially dangerous for cyclists. From personal experience and continued news coverage over the past few years, the Satmar Hasids make no effort to keep their disgust and annoyance with cyclists (likely related to their overarching rejection of American society) under wraps. Instead, the Hasids appear to do everything possible to ensure their enclave maintains its xenophobic and cult-like environment, both legally (pulling strings with political allies) and illegally (using minivans to ram cyclists, blocking bike lanes, etc). This has caused backlash in the cycling community (both legally (parades) and illegally (guerilla repainting of the bike lane).

I know its never good to lump groups of people together with blanket statements, and I do not know for a fact that every Satmar Hasid in Brooklyn despises goy cyclists, but I do know that that area of town is far from welcoming. Here’s an article from a few years back discussing the (at the time) political scenario within their community (unrelated to cycling): here.

Knife fights? Haha.

Jenn gave me a great vintage illustrated poster of a London double-decker bus that she found locally. Pretty great find, thanks!

Admiral’s Row continues to fall deeper into decay during the winter months as ice freezes and thaws. Speaking of decay, Brian Ulrich’s shots of midwest buildings are pretty nice — he had a recent series refered to as “Ghosts of Shopping Past.”