SFMCjohn
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turns out we were living in a golden age ... who knew? :gsxrgrl
awsome b&w pics and some things to think about:
The Motorcycle Whisperer
"Hugh Mackie represents a dying breed in the five boroughs: bikers."
Photographs by Daniel Weiss. Text by Austin Considine
awsome b&w pics and some things to think about:
The Motorcycle Whisperer
"Hugh Mackie represents a dying breed in the five boroughs: bikers."
Photographs by Daniel Weiss. Text by Austin Considine
Lot by lot, the neighborhood changed — fewer addicts but also fewer artisans. As auto-parts stores vanished, so did the sidewalk mechanics, the stitched-together vehicles. And with them, something of the D.I.Y. spirit.
The bikers are leaving too. In March, the Hells Angels sold their East 3rd Street clubhouse; they’d been there for half a century. Now there’s a Starbucks on the block, where you can sip lattes and read about them in eulogies like this one.
Suddenly last year, my bike was towed three times. This year it was towed again ... It seemed like a trend; a spokeswoman for the police department confirmed my suspicion. From 2015 to 2016, motorcycle tows more than doubled citywide. After a tiny dip in 2017, they more than doubled again in 2018. Tows for cars held steady.