up the street down the street
we live on a nice street
a good block
here
on the upper westside
toonman
has been known to say
if we didn't live here we couldn't afford to live here
he's been here
since
our first his then mine friends
bought the building back in the 1970s
he worked on the renovation
it was once
what they used to call
an sro
single room occupancy
a nice old townhouse
that had fallen on hard times
divided up
from a single owner dwelling
into
tiny rooms
rented out
after
it was bought
by his then now our friends
it was gutted
from
roof to basement
turned back
into
a lovely house
the owners
his friends then now ours
created
a duplex for themselves
put in an elevator
a small garage
and
two apartments
on each of the other 4 floors
initially
toonman lived in a studio apartment on the 6th floor
i moved in with him not too long after we met
we lived there for 20 years
give or take
before we moved into a one bedroom
on the ground floor
or
if you are living europe
on the first floor
or
maybe its the other way round
whatever
theres a long story
about
how we came to meet
the apartment
we live in now
figures into it
but
that
believe it or not
is
not
what
this post is about
well
then
i bet you're thinking:
why are you going on about this instead of what you meant the post to be about
to that i say
have you just met me?
yesterday
i posted a photo
i took in the evening
on the way
down
the street
today
i am posting a photo
i took the next morning
on my way
up
the street
and
that's
what
this post
is
all about
so there
one of our neighbors
on
this lovely landmarked street
landmarked means you can renovate the interior but your can't change the exterior
has
these old stone
not
window boxes
cause they're not in windows
but
i dont know the technical term
i am sure
there is
an architectural
a technical term
name
for them
but
i dont know it
if you do
please
be kind enough to share it
these neighbors
put some very lovely seasonal shrubbery in those stone boxes
the security lights
work
like gallery spotlights
dont they
wait
aren't they call pin spots?
whatever
it caught my eye
had to stop
take a shot
trust me
it was wicked cold
taking off my glove
well
i did for you
i hope you like it