Harlem magic
Today I discovered that the Starbucks in Harlem at 125th and Lennox is owned by Magic Johnson. This is peculiar, as Starbucks is not a franchise; Starbucks locations are just owned by Starbucks. But this one has artsy photos of Magic Johnson sipping coffee, and a bulletin board explaining how Magic Johnson's development corporation is supposed to improve the quality of life in inner cities.
While in Harlem, I had an eggnog latte at the aforementioned Starbucks, and then an eggplant fritter at the health food place on that block. That's two foods with the word "egg" in them that contain no actual egg.
And finally, at 127th and 2nd, there is a park featuring some graffiti art that says "Crack is Wack." This, itself, doesn't seem particularly strange to me. What does seem strange is that on the fence to the park is an official city sign proclaiming that the actual, official name of the park is the "Crack is Wack Playground."
Apparently someone just got sick of naming things after MLK, Marcus Garvey, and Booker T. Washington.
While in Harlem, I had an eggnog latte at the aforementioned Starbucks, and then an eggplant fritter at the health food place on that block. That's two foods with the word "egg" in them that contain no actual egg.
And finally, at 127th and 2nd, there is a park featuring some graffiti art that says "Crack is Wack." This, itself, doesn't seem particularly strange to me. What does seem strange is that on the fence to the park is an official city sign proclaiming that the actual, official name of the park is the "Crack is Wack Playground."
Apparently someone just got sick of naming things after MLK, Marcus Garvey, and Booker T. Washington.
posted by JenIsFamous at 11/14/2004 10:29:00 PM
3 Comments:
umm...Eggnog has real eggs in it.
Yes, eggnog has real eggs, but an eggnog latte doesn't have real eggnog.
Actually, no. Crack is Wack Park is named after the famous Keith Haring mural of the same name, painted in 1986 when NYC was suffering the full brunt of the drug. The mural made Haring a household name (at least here in NYC), and became a New York landmark.
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