27th Street Up Close

Not a gallery: Unexpected beauty on 27th Street between 10th and 11th Avenues

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Back when I used to run, before the herniated disc put an end to

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that, my morning route took me through the low 20s in Far West

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Chelsea. It was before the galleries moved in. I always loved

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looking at the walls, and as I passed by I'd think, "Got to get back

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here to phototograph them." Assuming I'd have time--why would

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anything change in that outpost of the city?--I just never got around

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to it. Then the old facades got scraped and painted, and the new

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buildings went up. So when I was on 27th Street recently, I made

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a point of shooting those lovely peels and crumbles, knowing they're

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likely to be gone soon. Sigh.

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Thinking of Serra, but these are layers of paint over concrete or cinderblock or brick

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