thursday in the hood

At 21 West 52nd Street is the venerable '21' Club
Jockeys on the stairs
leading up to the balcony
each bear the name of a
horse farm.

Jockey 'statuettes'
bearing the names of winning racehorses,
like Secretariat,
grace the balcony.

This is a busy street.
I waited for several minutes
to get a shot clear of
passing auto & pedestrian traffic
then with nary a soul in sight
I press the shutter
and
this
man

runs into my shot!