Posts Tagged Street Fairs

  1. Return of the 8th Ave street fair

    It’s that time again: today the occasional 8th Ave street fair was on, and as always, crowds swarmed on the event.

    Crowds at the 8th Ave street fair

    Wouldn’t be a street fair without these guys…

    An arepas stall at the 8th Ave street fair

    Then there’s stalls with names like this one:

    A "Real Imposters Jewelry" stall at the 8th Ave street fair

    All in all, just another street fair. Really not much to say about it. You didn’t miss much.

Saturday, Jun 7th

  1. Lots of knick-​knacks at the 44th St Garage Sale

    W 44th St & 9th Ave

    The annual 44th St Garage Sale was on today, with hundreds of people turning up to browse the various items residents had for sale lining the street:

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    Most of it the items were actual garage sale items, like second-​hand furniture and clothes, mixed in with your questionable bootleg DVD sellers.

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    Lots of people passing through, but it kept its casual and relaxed atmosphere.

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    The garage sale is held every year, so if you missed it you can look forward to this time next year.

Friday, Jun 6th

  1. Annual W 44th St Garage Sale on tomorrow

    W 44th St & 9th Ave

    Just a quick reminder that tomorrow (Saturday 7th) the West 44th St Block Association are holding their annual garage sale, running along W 44th St (as you’d expect), between 9th & 10th Aves. The sale will be on from 10am through to 5:30pm.

    This is the 38th year the garage sale has been running, and should have a wide range of items for sale from local residents. If you need a break from the HK Flea Markets, stop by!

Tuesday, Jun 3rd

  1. A look at yesterday’s Taste of Times Square

    W 46th St & 8th Ave

    Yesterday evening W 46th St was taken over for the annual Taste of Times Square festival. The street was lined with stalls from various restaurants around the area, from 9th Ave right into the heart of Times Square.

    Lots of people turned up for it:

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    Food everywhere, of course, from one-​off restaurants, chains, and everything.

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    (There was even a stall for Guy Fieri’s insanely popular “restaurant”…not pictured…)

    Anyway the organizers had a number of performers scattered amongst the stalls:

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    And even a whole swing band and dance tent going in the car park on Restaurant Row:

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    And to top it all off, Manhattanhenge:

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    For something so heavily tied to Times Square, and despite the walls of people making it take about half an hour just to walk the two blocks, it was pretty alright…

Monday, May 26th

Saturday, May 17th

  1. Food Festival part one

    We’re halfway through the 9th Ave International Food Festival, and it’s been lovely weather so far. Sure, there’s plenty of “knick-​knack” stalls, , and of course MozzArepas™, but if you can get past them dozens of restaurants along 9th Ave have got stalls going, and most of the bars have seating overflowing out onto the street.

    Of course, you have to brave the sea of people:

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    Lots of crews slaving away serving up food for everyone:

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    Some live entertainment:

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    A lot of local community groups have stalls going:

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    The kids section is up between 53rd & 54th with at least five jumping castles, and two of these guys:

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    Meanwhile further down the Citibike docks have found a new purpose in life as seating:

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    Basically the whole festival can be summed up as “diets”

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    Look forward to more crowds tomorrow!

Friday, May 16th

Sunday, Sep 15th

Saturday, Sep 14th

  1. Street fair returns

    It’s that time again: the street fair down Broadway was back on today. If you brave the crowds of tourists pulled in from the adjacent Times Square, here’s what’s in store:

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    As usual, it starts at the top of Times Square, and winds its way well up towards 59th St.

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    These fairs are usually two-​day events, so if you missed it today you can always catch it tomorrow.

    On another note, you’d be forgiven for thinking these were photos from any other one. It’s virtually the same setup for these every time, with cheap trinkets stalls and three or so varieties of food repeated the whole way up. As they say, “if you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all…”

Tuesday, Jun 18th