browse by city
Brooklyn, NY (827)
New York, NY (794)
Toronto, ON (759)
Montreal, QC (397)
London, UK (298)
complete city list
popular articles
Bling Portrait
from: Peter
Glory Knit
from: Peter
English Kills Graffiti, Pt. 3
from: Peter
The Gaping Maw
from: Peter
Bohack
from: Peter
what's hot this month?
recent articles
Bohack
from: Peter
The Gaping Maw
from: Peter
English Kills Graffiti, Pt. 3
from: Peter
Glory Knit
from: Peter
Bling Portrait
from: Peter
Miss Box
from: adam
Stroll Through Sydney's Backstreets
from: Chuck
Neckface in Sydney
from: Chuck
Chuba No Good
from: Peter
Movin' Car$
from: Peter
read all today's articles
browse by author
Peter (834)
joey (282)
EvilGentleman (269)
jack (250)
hool (247)
complete author list
hot topics
graffiti
Justo Gallego
JA One
sane smith
graf trux
wheat paste
nyc
sixy
Top 10 largest cities in canada
harlem
banksy
new york
brooklyn
nyc graffiti
dr. sex
Heat Wave
Brooklyn, NY - Peter - Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 : goo
[previous] :: [next]
It was 36c (96f) last night when I snapped this photo, and a minor heatwave has been sweeping the greater NYC area for the past few days...
We call this a Bushwick Carwash. As many do, this vehicle slowed to a creep and drove through the stream, backed up and did it again and again til the light changed...
The City (and some conscientious local residents) put these flow-regulator caps on the hydrants so that they waste far fewer than the 8,000 gallons/minute that gush from a fully-open hydrant while still keeping the neighborhood cool...
This article has been viewed 1897 times in the last 15 months
Peter: 11th Jun 2008 - 05:27 GMT
yes, its that time of year, once again, for bushwick hydrant posts....
jack: 11th Jun 2008 - 16:21 GMT
nice shot, johnnie pumps were all the rage back in the 40's and 50's, the city would attach a hose and hang it on the fence at the schoolyard at boody jr. high on avenue s and west 4th street in brooklyn and all of us kids ran and played and cooled off there. it was fun but one day as the hose popped off a strong stream hit the street and a young girl got hit and was pushed across the street and got bruised up. and yes, we called the fire hydrants, "johnnie pumps". that's where the game called "Johnnie on a pony" came about and moved from the pump to a tree or wall. peter, the mermaid parade in coney is starting this month some time, gotta check the dates.
Comment on this article..
[previous] :: [next]
search citynoise.org
recent discussions
Snatch
from: Peter
The Top 10 Canadian Skylines
from: CE
Chuba No Good
from: Peter
Eastern Parkway Memories
from: Unknown
NYC Style Graffiti Throw Up
from: Metro1
Fall in the East Bay
from: joey
Bel Graffiti
from: BelRoC
Graf Trux 21: Bushwick
from: Peter
Call Out Gouranga!
from: Jamie
Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint
from: Peter
from the archives
recently viewed
Heat Wave
from: Peter
Sugar Loaf Walk
from: elaine
Peterborough Parkour
from: PumaBoy
Wilderness in the City
from: nideone
Graf Trux 21: Neck Face, NYC
from: Peter
Fragile Silence: Money In The Banksy
from: Jamie
Slutshole Lane
from: Ender
Bronx Graffiti Art
from: metro
Banksy Work Painted Over by Islington Council?
from: Jamie
SF Heist
from: eyeofodin
concept and content © citynoise.org 2002 - 2008 : designed and maintained by
Jamie Thompson and
peter (rhodamine.org)
caveat: entries and comments on citynoise.org represent
the views of their respective authors; this is an open forum, open to
all relevant ideas,
and as such, sees minimal editorial interference. as such, all content
on this site remains property of its creator/author, and is therefore
protected by all applicable copyright laws.
