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Weed Walk – McDonald’s Garden

admin — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 23:12:48 +0000

Location

Corner of Queens Blvd and 38th St Sunnyside, New York, NY 11104

N40.743843, W73.927001

Description

Even in man-made gardens, gregari- ous mother nature joins the plant party. Stealthy weeds lay low to avoid detection, and lovable three-leafed clovers hope to get lucky.

Contributor – Safari 7

Weed Walk – Sunnyside Railyards

admin — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 23:11:06 +0000

Location

Corner of Skillman Ave and 34th St Sunnyside, New York, NY 11104

N40.746923, W73.93030

Description

Opportunists - If you think the stakes are high and conditions crowded in the NYC real estate market, check out any pile of gravel in the street, where weeds are working hard to gain a root-hold and stake out a life on the mean city streets.

Foxtail Grass - See a small, green squirrel tail sticking up in that alley? It is more likely to be NYC’s fastest-growing weed.

Contributor – Safari 7

Weed Walk – 40 St & Queens Blvd

admin — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 23:07:43 +0000

Location

Queens Blvd. Sunnyside, New York, NY 11104

N40.743647, W73.925585

Description

Tree Boxes & Wind Pollination - In NYC, even the insects have their own agenda, so self-reliant street weeds get down to business and pollinate themselves.

White Nightshade - Although its edible relatives are the tomato and potato, this yellow and white beauty is a feast for the eyes but not the mouth.

Contributor – Safari 7

Weed Walk – Vacant Lot

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:02:11 +0000

Location

33 St Sunnyside, New York, NY

11104 N40.746021, W73.93062

Description

Plantain – Check your shoes! These sticky brits, also known as rib wort, have been known to stiffen collars and pants in Ye Olde NYC for two centuries.

Milkweed - Don’t put this poisonous weed’s juice in your coffee, although caterpillers love it! That’s how they develop their toxic chemistry that keeps the birds away.

Bittersweet - Those beautiful orange seed pods disguise a stone-cold tree killa!

Bouncing Bet – After a rough day working the rails or in your cubicle lather u with a fistbull of sudsy bouncing bet, aka “soap wart.”

Ragweed - Not to be confused with golden rods, these mustard-tasting weeds have NYC eyes watering and itching every fall.

Poor Man’s Pepper - One foot tall with small green purses on top, poor man’s pepper could still spice up a bland sandwich.

Moss - No soil? No Problem. NYC’s oldest lifeform blows onto rock and turns it into soil.

Mugwort - This spicy-smelling medieval medicine muscles out seeds and wildflowers in its bid to dominate NYC’s parks.

Sedum - Up on that green roof, there’s something slowly crawling from rock to rock.

Queen Anne’s Lace - Next time you’re chomping on a raw carrot, think of its frilly, first cousin.

Tree of Heaven - If you see brown propellers drifting in the wind this fall, they are the male and female tree of heaven beginning their slightly smelly mating ritual.
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Maple - In NYC, anything can happen, even a Japanese maple growing between the fence and sidewalk.

Butter & Eggs - This tough weed gets its name from its deep golden yellow and pale lemon yellow good looks, not its taste.

Contributor – Safari 7

Habitat – Solar1

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:11:00 +0000

Location

2420 FDR Drive, Service Road East
New York, New York 10010

N40.7367, W73.97438

Description

The east river was 16 ft from the one studio, we’d made up images from the 2008 project that covered on side, the other had over 50 images of sheds from a project in the UK … The one studio was used by an artist who was going back to school after spending a good 20 years in graphic design … the other one we used as a info booth for the project, and moved it for events at Solar 1 during the summer

Contributor - Simon Draper