Matt Weber (Street photography), Color, Uncategorized

“The Balloon Boy” 2009

The balloon boy was the kid who we thought was in a runaway balloon dying from a lack of oxygen as the balloon soared for hours high above Colorado. The kid named Falcon was never on the balloon, but millions of Americans were mesmerized by his seemingly tragic plight.

Recently America focused on a witch who was running for the senate. I know several guys who actually watch wrestling on TV. If the so called news shows aren’t feeding us drivel, then the people will find things so useless it’s totally mindboggling. How about TV shows where you have to guess who’s gonna rat out his friend first. Or American Idol, where Americans watch some pompous ass from England make aspiring singers cry…

I know that the football games I have been watching for my whole life are considered totally useless by some people, so I guess I shouldn’t be complaining…

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Matt Weber (Street photography), Color, Old New York, Times Square

Times Sq. 2010

Maybe my nostalgia gets a little carried away sometimes…This metal piping was used over 100 years in many subway stations to keep people from falling into stairwells and subway tracks. Hardly ornate, I was still sad to see all remaining traces of this removed from the 96th Street station. It would be nice to have just a smidgen of tradition here and there…

Same thing goes for Coney Island. Ruby’s bar is probably gone forever and should have been given a reprieve. Yes, upgrade the rest, but for once don’t clean the slate completely…

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Matt Weber (Street photography), Color, Coney Island, Kiss Kiss

Coney Island 2010

I don’t know if these buildings are still standing, but Joe Sitt is in the process of tearing them down. He will replace them with one story taxpayers. When the outcry is sufficient, he will probably be paid handsomely to turn the properties over to other developers. This is what he has always done. Business is business, and to hell with history. Coney Islands last handful of nineteenth century buildings will make way for a Duane Reade or Walgreens! I have been going to Coney Island since ’61 and It hurts that one rich scumbag can do this and that our billionaire mayor will twiddle his thumbs and let him get away this…

 

I should create a category called “Nauseating” just for this picture…

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