diana al-hadid is the artist currently being presented in madison square park at 23rd street and fifth avenue. her family is from aleppo, syria, and she came to the u.s. as a child and settled in ohio. she now lives in brooklyn. her installation is titled delirious matter, and the materials used are gypsum, fiberglass and powder coated aluminum.
an emily dickinson poem accompaned this statue:
to make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee,
one clover and a bee,
and revery.
the revery alone will do,
if bees are few.
the weather has been bearable . . 79 degrees and 68% humidity, and a light breeze. (i thought the little black french bulldog was cute.)
london plane trees . .
cafe tables where fifth avenue and broadway meet.
after leaving the park i walked south along fifth avenue and then had to detour at 22nd street, as fifth avenue was still closed off from the steampipe explosion that happened early thursday morning, july 19th.
it was a mess and forty nine buildings were evacuated . . you can read two new york times articles about it here and here, and the daily mail has good photos of it also.
five after 3 in the afternoon . .
almost home with my vegetables . . but perhaps it's time for an iced mocha from joe coffee?
walking along grove street at bedford . . tourists are taking pictures of themselves in front of the building (on the right) that was always shown at the beginning of the friends tv show.
just a beautiful lily climbing up a tree in a sidewalk garden pit . .
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