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By adamg - 5/5/10 - 12:04 pm
Iseut profiles Marvin Sealey, who can usually be found walking around, no matter the weather:
... Sometimes, fast, sometimes slow: his distinctive gait is a comfort to me when it's late and dark and I'm feeling a little edgy. He's lived with his family, on Kittredge Park for 41 of his 51 years and the other ten, the family lived on Dorr Street. He estimates he walks 2-3 miles a day but I bet it's more. No type of weather is a deterrent, Marvin says, and I've seen him out in the worst of it. ...
By adamg - 3/26/10 - 12:11 pm
Alex Howell photographed the guy who yells Bible verses at the top of his lungs every Saturday night in Harvard Square while his acolytes hand out flyers.
Copyright Alex Howell. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
By adamg - 2/21/10 - 11:11 pm
Anybody who's ever driven down Morton Street in Mattapan knows the white-bearded guy who shuffles up and down the middle of the street by Blue Hill Avenue. Our own eeka reports that for some continuing-ed class, she did "a functional behavioral assessment" on him:
By adamg - 12/30/09 - 9:24 am
Scooterdude discusses the challenges of sailing around Copley Square on a scooter when the wind chill is below zero:
By adamg - 7/29/09 - 9:24 am
Korri Leigh Crowley was walking down Mass. Ave. with her camera last night when Jesus asked if she'd like to take his picture.
By adamg - 7/27/09 - 2:00 pm
16WadeSt captures Louie on a warm day downtown. Louie's story.
Copyright 16WadeSt. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
By adamg - 7/13/09 - 7:36 pm
I was meeting somebody on the Common today (it's amazing what you can do when the weather's nice). As I walked down Winter, there was Spare Change Guy doing his usual thing (and still clean-shaven) right at Tremont.
Meeting done, I walked through the Common back toward Downtown Crossing. Spare Change Guy was sitting on a bench. His hand was out, and he was asking for spare change, but he was really subdued, almost like his battery was worn down.
At his usual spot at Winter and Tremont, there was a Spare Change guy, somebody hawking Spare Change News. So is there some rotation going on here?
By adamg - 6/23/09 - 1:14 pm
Angry Mike is a fixture of Powder House Square in Somerville who screams at passersby. Ronhaha108 reports, however, that flashing a peace symbol at him calms him right down:
... I saw Angry Mike walking up the sidewalk yelling at people and looking around. I caught his attention and flashed him the peace sign, he did a double take and smiled at me and put his hand over his heart. ...
By adamg - 6/22/09 - 8:43 am
Scooterdude, the guy you see sailing around Copley Square with his plastic sail, was out yesterday enjoying a ride (yes, in the rain), when a family got out of a car and walked to the center of the park with a flag and then stood there:
... I approached them and asked about the flag and their purpose.
They explained that it was the flag of Iran and that they were there to continue a witness to the ordeal the Iranian people are currently suffering in their homeland.
I couldn't help but admire their solitary witness, their commitment and resolution that, despite this dismal day of wind and wetness, they came out to stand for their people and for the democratic principles that all of us share. ...
By adamg - 5/3/09 - 9:44 am
Spare Change Guy probably should have chosen a better place to ask for money than a march by people asking for money. Eeka, who forwarded this photo, reports SCG wasn't having much luck this morning.
By adamg - 4/29/09 - 7:54 pm
Brian Moore profiles the man who rides around town:
Louie from Brian Moore on Vimeo.
By adamg - 4/24/09 - 10:35 am
Streetsim took the definitive Spare Change Guy photo at the Tea Party demonstration outside the State House earlier this month. Who knew he had an entire rooting section now?
Posted under this Creative Commons license.
By adamg - 4/16/09 - 9:32 am
Garrett videoed Spare Change Guy working the crowds at yesterday's rally.
By adamg - 3/19/09 - 10:07 am
Scooterdude (the guy you see sailing around Copley Square on the wind-powered scooter) reports yesterday was a great day for sailing - aside from the two spills caused by a collapsing sail:
... The gusts were sustained but also in the correct direction. For long rides and skillful maneuvers there’s nothing that can beat a strong westerly flow from the Tower, across the front of the church and then down Boylston St. ...
By adamg - 3/6/09 - 9:27 am
Hybernaut captures him at Park Street. You know what would be cool? A mashup with him and Spare Change Guy. No?
By adamg - 2/26/09 - 7:37 pm
A correspondent spotted him down in Ashmont this evening, asking passers-by for, well, you know.
By adamg - 2/5/09 - 9:49 am
Rhea Becker reports her commute on the Orange Line was a bit different this morning.
By adamg - 12/16/08 - 10:13 am
GuidoS tweets:
There is a man nothing but red & green thermal underwear(the buttflap kind) with a bobble hat running through harvard sq.
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