With this post I'm switching over to the comparative look at change, based on the photographs I took Wednesday (May 26) and assembled with the prior (2006) set. To follow along, open a second window in your browser, and go to Tenth Avenue 2006 & 2010 Part One: 14th Street — 72nd Street , and then scroll or click through to image # 076 (Tenth Avenue & 34th Street, NE).
Tenth Avenue & 37th Street, Northeast Corner (2006 above, 2010 below)
As before, I’ll take the corners of each intersection in the clockwise order NE, SE, SW, NW. At each corner I'll describe the 2006 sign(s) of change first, then the 2010 sign(s) of change.
35th Street
NE — 2006: none; 2010: no change
SE — 2006: none; 2010: no change
SW — 2006: none; 2010: corner shop apparently closed; awning down; wall ad on building to the left of "Taxi Parts"
NW — 2006: none; 2010: wall ad on building to the left in 2010 photo (center right in 2006 photo)
36th Street
NE — 2006: none; 2010: no change
SE — 2006: none; 2010: large pillar for billboard now painted brown
SW — 2006: none; 2010: no change
NW — 2006: none; 2010: no change
37th Street
NE — 2006: plywood construction wall; 2010: new building finished
SE — 2006: corner shop closed; 2010: new business (bicycles) in corner shop
SW — 2006: none; 2010: no change
NW — 2006: none; 2010: new buildings finished, replacing whole visible block each way
38th Street
NE — 2006: none; 2010: new buildings visible in midtown, corner itself unchanged
SE — 2006: plywood construction wall; 2010: new building finished
SW — 2006: none; 2010: new buildings finished, replacing whole visible block each way
NW — 2006: scaffolding; 2010: scaffolding down, otherwise apparently unchanged
39th Street
NE — 2006: none; 2010: new buildings visible in midtown, corner itself unchanged
SE — 2006: construction netting over building on right; 2010: new building(s) replace old on right; new building visible in midtown; also construction netting now visible on building in center
SW — 2006: red-orange plastic Jersey barriers; 2010: barriers gone; "500" is now "501"
NW — 2006: none; 2010: no change
40th Street
NE — 2006: light boom crane; scaffolding; 2010: scaffolding still in place
SE — 2006: none; 2010: no change
SW — 2006: none; 2010: no change
NW — 2006: none; 2010: no change
41st Street
NE — 2006: blue plywood construction wall; 2010: building under construction
SE — 2006: drilling rig; 2010: no change
SW — 2006: none; 2010: no change
NW — 2006: none; 2010: no change
42nd Street
NE — 2006: none; 2010: scaffolding
SE — 2006: blue plywood construction wall; 2010: building under construction
SW — 2006: scaffolding; 2010: scaffolding still in place, repainted (blue instead of red)
NW — 2006: corner business apparently closed; 2010: new (?) corner business apparently open
SUMMARY
While only 9 out of 32 corners (28%) from 35th Street to 42nd Street showed signs of change in 2006, by 2010 19 out of the 32 corners (59%) had actually changed, in many cases dramatically.
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In the next week or so I'll be going back to the corners already covered, from 13th Street to 34th Street, and updating the posts to include the 2010 comparisons.
It's still an open question, whether all this simple counting, even with the addition of the 2010 comparison photos, amounts to anything, but I'm going to stick with it, probably all the way up to Broadway/218th Street, on the grounds that even if it doesn't in and of itself yield anything directly interesting or useful to "tell about society," the process, including its tediosity, is likely to give rise to ideas that are fruitful in this regard.
So please bear with me, or if you can't bear it, just drop in every now and then — there are always the more discursive posts, and occasionally one of them may strike your fancy.
Tenth Avenue & 37th Street, Northeast Corner (2006 above, 2010 below)As before, I’ll take the corners of each intersection in the clockwise order NE, SE, SW, NW. At each corner I'll describe the 2006 sign(s) of change first, then the 2010 sign(s) of change.
35th Street
NE — 2006: none; 2010: no change
SE — 2006: none; 2010: no change
SW — 2006: none; 2010: corner shop apparently closed; awning down; wall ad on building to the left of "Taxi Parts"
NW — 2006: none; 2010: wall ad on building to the left in 2010 photo (center right in 2006 photo)
36th Street
NE — 2006: none; 2010: no change
SE — 2006: none; 2010: large pillar for billboard now painted brown
SW — 2006: none; 2010: no change
NW — 2006: none; 2010: no change
37th Street
NE — 2006: plywood construction wall; 2010: new building finished
SE — 2006: corner shop closed; 2010: new business (bicycles) in corner shop
SW — 2006: none; 2010: no change
NW — 2006: none; 2010: new buildings finished, replacing whole visible block each way
38th Street
NE — 2006: none; 2010: new buildings visible in midtown, corner itself unchanged
SE — 2006: plywood construction wall; 2010: new building finished
SW — 2006: none; 2010: new buildings finished, replacing whole visible block each way
NW — 2006: scaffolding; 2010: scaffolding down, otherwise apparently unchanged
39th Street
NE — 2006: none; 2010: new buildings visible in midtown, corner itself unchanged
SE — 2006: construction netting over building on right; 2010: new building(s) replace old on right; new building visible in midtown; also construction netting now visible on building in center
SW — 2006: red-orange plastic Jersey barriers; 2010: barriers gone; "500" is now "501"
NW — 2006: none; 2010: no change
40th Street
NE — 2006: light boom crane; scaffolding; 2010: scaffolding still in place
SE — 2006: none; 2010: no change
SW — 2006: none; 2010: no change
NW — 2006: none; 2010: no change
41st Street
NE — 2006: blue plywood construction wall; 2010: building under construction
SE — 2006: drilling rig; 2010: no change
SW — 2006: none; 2010: no change
NW — 2006: none; 2010: no change
42nd Street
NE — 2006: none; 2010: scaffolding
SE — 2006: blue plywood construction wall; 2010: building under construction
SW — 2006: scaffolding; 2010: scaffolding still in place, repainted (blue instead of red)
NW — 2006: corner business apparently closed; 2010: new (?) corner business apparently open
SUMMARY
While only 9 out of 32 corners (28%) from 35th Street to 42nd Street showed signs of change in 2006, by 2010 19 out of the 32 corners (59%) had actually changed, in many cases dramatically.
——————————
In the next week or so I'll be going back to the corners already covered, from 13th Street to 34th Street, and updating the posts to include the 2010 comparisons.
It's still an open question, whether all this simple counting, even with the addition of the 2010 comparison photos, amounts to anything, but I'm going to stick with it, probably all the way up to Broadway/218th Street, on the grounds that even if it doesn't in and of itself yield anything directly interesting or useful to "tell about society," the process, including its tediosity, is likely to give rise to ideas that are fruitful in this regard.
So please bear with me, or if you can't bear it, just drop in every now and then — there are always the more discursive posts, and occasionally one of them may strike your fancy.
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