Thursday's News

Here's what the news looked like on Thursday. It changes every day. I'm pretty much over the Michael Jackson story at this point. I think Joseph Jackson is to blame for everything that went wrong with Michael.

Everything Under The Sun

There are so many things contained in this photo that I am almost surprised myself...and I took it. The new newsstands cropping up across the city can't possibly compare to how much stuff they can squeeze inside these bashed-up rickety metal boxes on the street corners of the Big Apple.

Can you find: every possible porno mag in print and a selection of DVDs, 15 kinds of cold/headache medicine, Kleenex, 5 kinds of Welch's Fruit Snacks, Double AA batteries, a dangerously unsafe space heater, Chapstick, Sharpies, all kinds of potato chips (I see some bags of Ruffles) and nuts and who knows what else, Binaca, a box of straws, two really disgusting looking florescent lights, Altoids, dozens of candy packages (I like Raisinets, Swedish Fish, Goobers, Almond Joy and M&Ms) and one cool looking bespectacled newsstand guy wearing what looks like a Norwegian fisherman's cap.

Last Stand for Newsstand

One of the last of the old style newsstands in the city. This one won't be around for long. Hopefully the new one won't be as crooked, though it is kind of charming the way this one leans over to the side. The shiny new ones are being installed at a feverish pace around the city. This old style one was located directly across from my house. I think I bought some candy bars there once or twice. It's been replaced with a brand new one.

Cemusa, a Spanish company, has a $1 Billion "street furniture" contract to replace all of the 330 newsstands, 3,500 bus stop shelters and 20 public toilets.

This photographer documented most of the newsstands in the city as part of her NYC Newsstand Project.