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Ghost Stroller on Union — Brooklynian

Ghost Stroller on Union

ak217
ak217
edited November -1 in Park Slope
I saw a white painted stroller on Union St, like a ghost bike, except it was stroller. what's up with this?
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  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    Subject: Re: Ghost Stroller on Union

    ak217 wrote: I saw a white painted stroller on Union St, like a ghost bike, except it was stroller. what's up with this?
    I saw that this weekend as well. It's near 6th Ave, on the Flatbush side.

    ....it gave me serious pause.

    (for those not aware, white "ghost bikes" are put up in the area where a bike rider was killed by a motor vehicle)
  • pitu
    pitu
    o no! the ghost bikes often have a marker - did you look closely?
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    i hope no kid was run over :(.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    pitu wrote: o no! the ghost bikes often have a marker - did you look closely?
    nope. I did not want to ruin my Saturday.
  • jeffrey
    jeffrey
    hipster humor
  • hamilton
    hamilton
    .


    was it outside a bar that bans toddlers
  • aboutmattlaw
    aboutmattlaw
    Here's a photo: http://tweetphoto.com/36302787

    I don't think it's from the Street Memorial Project ,the group that does the bikes around the city. It looks far sloppier. And there's no sign, unlike the bikes.

    And then there's this http://westsidespirit.com/2010/07/28/mysterious-ghost-bike-raises-questions/ Similar timing.
  • onandon
    onandon
    I have a hard time believing it's for real...if a kid had been killed in a stroller on Union everyone would have heard about it. No way that kind of thing goes unnoticed. But why someone would do a ghost stroller for a death that never occurred is beyond me. It's kind of sick, actually...
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    jeffrey wrote: hipster humor
    perhaps it is something along the lines of "death to strollers", as part of the nieghborhood's ongoing stroller wars.

    ....which, although childish, would be less distrubing than some kid in a stroller getting killed.

    [yea, I think that latter would have rec'd a lot of press. I was out of town for a week recently, but one of us would have heard about it. Sounds like it is just a prank]
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    most likely a artist installation of shock!
  • hamilton
    hamilton
    .


    could it be another virgin birth.

    if so, why pick park slope, i can't imagine what it would cost to rent a stable there.
  • MOD
    MOD
    I read the crime blotters and I would have heard of this. It's hipster humor or some dumb artist commentary on "stroller crowd"
  • pitu
    pitu
    There's a carefully worded sign there now asking about it. Bravo to whoever taped that up...
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    This sounds like a job for a person with a hack saw. I can't imagine it would take more than 5 min. to cut thru a stroller then deposit in a dumpster. ....why look, here's one in my workroom.

    Mama, does Papi have time tomorrow to do this while I'm at work?
  • veets
    veets
    pitu wrote: There's a carefully worded sign there now asking about it. Bravo to whoever taped that up...
    Double that Bravo! Frankly... I don't care if it meant to be art or a "prank." The idea of questioning why it is there is great and if an answer is not forthcoming soon then I love the hack saw solution.
  • christina
    christina
    Maybe it's supposed to challenge the parents who test if the road is clear by pushing their stroller out first. Horrifies me every time I see this.
  • pitu
    pitu
    Christina wrote: Maybe it's supposed to challenge the parents who test if the road is clear by pushing their stroller out first. Horrifies me every time I see this.
    Good point. I hate the stroller-as-mine-sweeper approach too. Really not into a fake ghost stroller as a teaching tool tho - there's too many real deaths, pedestrian and bike.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    http://westsidespirit.com/2010/07/28/mysterious-ghost-bike-raises-questions/

    by putting out fake ones, folks are denegrating what was a very effective, thought provoking (if depressing and morbid) method.

    The world has enough problems; there is no need to exaggerate them.

    ....hopefully someone will remove it.
  • booklaw
    booklaw
    What's wrong with the stroller-as-mine-sweeper approach? Isn't it evolution at its finest? Survival of the fittest?

    If someone is stupid enough to push their kid into moving traffic, then do they deserve to have their genes passed on? Won't the gene pool of the human race be strengthened if their offspring fails to survive?

    Of course, it kinda sucks for the baby...
  • MOD
    MOD
    NBC now has a Huge news story about it.

    :roll:

    Full of assumptions and salacious opinions
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    Mamacita wrote: NBC now has a Huge news story about it.

    :roll:

    Full of assumptions and salacious opinions
    There is some debate going on about how long the legitimate ghost bikes and strollers should be able to remain on the streets.

    The Dept of Sanitation would like to remove abandon bikes (missing wheels, etc) after 90 days, but is trying to be tactful and give Ghost Bikes longer.

    ....I can't imagine anyone feels fake ghost bikes and fake ghost strollers should remain. As I said above, they take away from what is a very effective and efficient piece of communication: Cars kill.
  • chupacabra
    chupacabra
    The fake ghost stroller was in poor taste. Literally it didn't taste good, I rather suck goats.

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  • veets
    veets
    Chupacabra... Now that is an arresting first post. Have you taken justice to your bosom or in to your own hands or is that merely a pic of storm damage?
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    it does look like the fake ghost stroller, everything is white like the stroller on Union.

    ...it is about time.

    It is too bad that the NYT is going to publicize the stupidity tomorrow, after it is already removed.

    "the ghost stroller, in its bulk, feels more like an assault, possibly a deliberate upending of the Park Slope dream of better parenting through good taste. Right across the street from the stylish maternity shop Boing Boing, with its earthenware tea sets and retro-patterned baby slings, and a block from the bar Union Hall, which earned fame for banning strollers, the installation is experienced, easily, as a comment on the neighborhood’s ever-encroaching culture of cute."

    A Ghost Stroller Puzzles Park Slope
    By SUSAN DOMINUS

    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/17/nyregion/17bigcity.html
  • MOD
    MOD
    The state of journalism in this country is very very sad. Local pranks become headline news :roll:
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    there is a reason that the paper has fewer and fewer pages.

    I must say I miss lying on the floor and reading a thick, well written Sunday NYT.

    ....how does one call a seemingly thoughtless prank an "installation"?

    My friends and I did far more thought provoking stuff when we were in college.... but I must say I hung out with an intense group.
  • veets
    veets
    Whynot.. the link appears broken. Frankly.. not sure I need to read garbage journalism anyway.
  • pitu
    pitu
    I'm tempted to install a "ghost editor" outside the NYTimes . . .
  • homeowner
    homeowner
    My issue with the Times is that it seems that a lot of their young writers (and old writers) live in PS. This causes them to write these stories that are based on neighborhood goings-on as if they were actually news. At the same time other concerns, get short shrift. Its a lazy, lazy way of engaging in journalism, and instead results in a kind of navel-gazing that I find to not be worth the cost of the paper.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    Homeowner, I completely agree.

    The NYT does not cover the whole city. ....only the areas where the aspiring journalist-jobbers live.

    As a result, it doesn't even cover many of the city's other well off areas, like Kew Gardens or Forest Hills.

    Which, when you think about it, is really silly:
    A lot of the NYT's remaining readership is now above 60 years old, and shares many of the demographics of those neighborhoods.

    I know that is not what the Times wants their advertisers to believe. Like most media sources, they want their advertisers to believe that their readership is composed of young people who are in the process of making big purchases (cars, apartments, etc).

    ...but honesty is often the best policy.

    The NYT should just admit that they source most of their stories from reading local blogs and message boards, because their (often unsalaried, paid by the article) writers can do it from the comfort of their home. They are often not even called out on this, because many of their readers have not yet taken the addictive crack that message boards present.

    In otherwords, if the Times is going to focus on meaningless local dribble, it's $2.00 daily paper will never compete with the thousands of free blogs like this one. You want dribble ....it is here.

    But that's just my advice.

    Returning to the topic at hand, I am glad the sophmoric stroller is now gone, but I am sad the Times disappeared long ago.

    P.S. I kinda like msnbc's coverage http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38730154/ns/local_news-new_york_ny/
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