Photo by myself, somewhere in the East Village.Sidewalk sales of used stuff is commonplace in the East Village.
What looked like a historic black and white photo showing New York hung in the background.
Related posts: Selling Stuff Streetside, in the East Village, On Shopping on West 4th Street and My Insider's Guide, and Pawn Shops, in the Diamond District.
Where I live garage sales are common as are yard sales. Once I had some things on my porch waiting for a charity to pick them up and when I got home I found a few notes asking how much were certain items - that was too funny.
ReplyDeleteI love to see how cities handle common things differently, thanks for the insite Kitty.
Here in London this would never happen - there is a man selling bicycles which he has found and repaired, but that's more of a permanent shop. Church jumble sales have died a slow death, perhaps ebay put the final nail in that coffin. We do have car boot sales though, where people sell out of the boot of their car. I love this picture. You should be publishing a collection of these stories in a book.
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ReplyDeleteha, that is funny about your own surprise sale. I would have been tickled!
Thanks and welcome, Ruth Hope!
I wish I had more time, energy and brain cells to devote to this blog.
That's too bad about London...on the other hand, having a mess of random stuff on the sidewalk is visual clutter. You're lucky to live in London, it's one of my favorite cities.