Dang, I couldn’t believe it when I first saw this photo on Digg. Apparently, it’s one of the buildings on the Lower East Side [LES] of Manhattan being cleaned for the first time in LES history. A new initiative is in place to clean all of the buildings on the Lower East Side by 2010. This will defiantly bring a change to the mood of the area. A nice cleaning in time for the Spring.

Can you believe the building on the right use to be yellowish? haha. Thats just crazy! The building on the left might just be blue! Ya never know…

Next, they should clean up Chinatown because that place is filthy.

Guess what I saw!? Your eyes will see clearly through the new shiny glass of a NEW Bus Shelter! Looks really “futuristicly” cool!
The new shelters started to be installed late last month, and there are 10 new steel shelters in each borough so far. By 2011, there will be 3300 new shelters. Some riders had some suggestions about placement of bus schedules, while others wondered if there will be eventually be benches (there will be for 3,255 shelters – the materials just haven’t come in yet). But a rider Boerum Hill rider had some thoughts about the stainless-steel port frame and tempered glass structure: “I think it makes it a little bit mall culture-ish. But I like it.” Well, stainless steel and lots of glass is pretty rampant in most new construction, so maybe Manhattan is just becoming a mall.

I’ve been at college for so long, I had no idea there was free skating at Bryant Park at 42nd Street in New York City!

The Pond returns as the centerpiece of Fêtes de Noël, which also includes the fifth annual Holiday Shops at Bryant Park. The 170′ x 100′ rink features free admission ice skating, in addition to high quality rental skates, skating lessons, skating shows, special events and activities.

Skaters of all levels are welcome. Whether you are looking to skate before going to the office, through the lunch hour, with friends at a party, with a date, or for a spin under the stars at a holiday party, The Pond at Bryant Park, presented by Citi, is a perfect destination.

I defiantly busted my ass a couple of times, still trying to do the power stop! haha. Enjoy a day, bring your own skates or rent some comfy ones for just $9!