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Entries Tagged as 'Street Couches'

Street Couch Series: Living Room on Fifth Avenue

February 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments

A very cool GL reader sent us this photo for our Street Couch series that is actually a shot of an entire living room set. It comes from Fifth Avenue in Park Slope and it is one of our favorites ever.

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Tags: Park Slope · Street Couches

GL Street Couch Series: Dean Street Edition

February 9th, 2008 · Comments Off on GL Street Couch Series: Dean Street Edition

Our street couch series gets around. This floral print specimen comes from Dean Street in Prospect Heights and comes from our Greenpoint Correspondent. Nice.

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Street Couch Series: Seriously Fubar

February 8th, 2008 · Comments Off on Street Couch Series: Seriously Fubar

This street sofa is from Troutman Street in Bushwick and it comes via the busy camera of our Greenpoint Correspondent, who titled it a “Fubar Couch.” Indeed, it is monstrously fucked up beyond all hope. Miss Heather, who has photographed many street couches, offers a bit of analysis as well: Each neighborhood I visit has […]

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Tags: Bushwick · Street Couches

Street Couch Series: Manhattan Ave. No Pesticides Edition

February 7th, 2008 · Comments Off on Street Couch Series: Manhattan Ave. No Pesticides Edition

The image of this street couch, which comes from Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint, was passed along to us by our Greenpoint correspondent. It also came with some dialog: Miss H: That sure is a nice couch.Man: Yeah.Miss H: I wouldn’t take that home if I were you, it might have bedbugs.Man: Really? Can they get […]

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Street Couch Series: Nice on Roebling Street

February 5th, 2008 · Comments Off on Street Couch Series: Nice on Roebling Street

As street sofas go, the one that our Greenpoint Correspondent photographed over the weekend on Roebling Street is quite nice. One can easily picture people hanging out on it and watching TV.

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Tags: Street Couches · Williamsburg

Street Couch Series: Bruce Ratner Edition

February 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments

[Photo courtesy of threecee/flickr] These could be our favorite street couches ever. We’ve seen better ones, of course, but the placement on these–on Atlantic Avenue near S. Oxford in the Atlantic Yards footprint–is perfect. So perfect, in fact, that we got two photos of it within 12 hours of each other. The photo on top […]

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Street Couch Series: Bed-Stuy Blues

February 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Street Couch Series: Bed-Stuy Blues

This specimen is from Marcus Garvey Boulevard in Bed-Stuy. It was a blue print and probably served someone well before its service came to an end like this. It comes from the digital camera of our wide-ranging Greenpoint Correspondent, who covers an incredible amount of territory.

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