There are parts of the city that have not been completely gentrified, and there you will find pockets of detritus, the things that people can’t really bring themselves to throw away completely, that have grown themselves into inexplicable constructions.
Here, an empty lot is sheltering an abandoned car on Delancey Street on the Lower East Side, a residential neighborhood which has both vestiges of its bohemian and economic refugee past living side by side with its renovated upmarket present in very close quarters. Someone has placed some rather unsuccessful potted house plants on the car – it seems they can’t quite bear to throw them away either, and as the ground rises up to bury the car, the plants and the surrounding weeds are taking root and adding an ornamental touch, turning it all into some kind of archeological ruin/garden furniture of the neighborhood. See this view of the chicken wire window treatment.
LOL – great shot! I think it costs a lot of money to tow a car away and junk it – cheaper just to keep it in the yard and put a flower pot on it, lol!
Interesting post. The words and picture go really well.
Haha, really nice. And extra pic is great as well.
Thanks, I learned a new work from your post. I had to look up detritus. Gentrification is a difficult subject.
Heh, heh. Very nicely put. It should become a permanent installation.
Restored, that car would be worth a mint.