Nature Abhors a Vacuum (near Columbus Circle)

Traffic cone meet call box; call box meet traffic cone.

The Undocumented, The Unemployed, The Sick, The Homeless, and The Despised, Upper West Side, Manhattan

A religious parade marched up Amsterdam Avenue this afternoon. The overarching theme (other than Hispanic/religion) wasn't clear from the signs and floats, so I looked online and found this description of the event:

13th Encuentro Hispano – Culture and Faith of the Hispanic Community of America • Amsterdam Avenue, 90th to 110th Street. All are invited, all races, creeds, languages, and colors, and especially the undocumented, the unemployed, the sick, the homeless, and the despised.

Earlier in the day, I took the photo below shortly after waking and finding that, after many days of rain, the sun was lighting the tree outside our window.

Community Restitution (12th Avenue, Manhattan)

On our second day of filming, we spent part of the morning with offenders participating in restitution projects, like cleaning sidewalks and repainting hydrants.