Desktop Day: What, Not Where

We can tell you this is on 5th Avenue in Park Slope, but what is it? It's sized for both Mac (top) and PC desktop wallpaper so you can give it a closer inspection. Click on the picture to open the large version.

Street Furniture: Watching You on Atlantic Avenue

Compared to London, it's surprising how few and far between CCTV cameras are in NYC. There are 10,000 cameras in the five NYC boroughs combined, which sounds like a lot, but consider that London has more than 200,000. Nationwide, Britain has some 4 million electronic eyes watching her citizens. Even small market towns will have CCTV positions disguised as Victorian street furniture. I was surprised on a recent Atlantic Avenue stroll to notice a camera flash high up on a post. This device captures motorists who run red lights at the junction with Fifth Avenue. The ice cream seller parked nearby said the camera has been there for about three months. Hopefully fewer drivers will be tempted to blast through red lights and groups of pedestrians.