The Owls of PS 110
Next time you're heading over the Williamsburg Bridge to Brooklyn, either driving or on the pedestrian walkway, be sure to check out the public school on the south side. PS 110 (the Florence Nightingale school) has one of my favorite school adornments in the city...
... a roof covered in owls!
They're perched everywhere, from these five on the center arch ...
... to these four on the left side ...
... and a scattering of owls around the right corner.
PS 110 is located on Cannon Street, a narrow Manhattan side-street down as low and east as the Lower East Side can take you.
What always amazes me about building adornments like these is that they are basically invisible from the street -- you have to either be on the bridge or approaching the school from a distance to see them.
Two owls can be seen at ground-level above the building entrances. This one is on Cannon Street:
This one is around the corner on Broome Street:
I can't tell if they're different owl designs (note the beak and ears), or if it's just the camera angle.
Finally, here's a view of the school as you approach from Delancey ...
... and the different view you get of the roof owls.
Someday, I'm going to have to get permission to go up there and shoot up close. Anyone affiliated with the school reading?
-SCOUT
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Hi just want you to know the parents at PS110 are fans of this photo shoot, and it was what was the subject matetr demonstrated on the new multimedia projectors last night Sept 30 by the principal, who LOVES this too. Do contact the principal, Karen Feuer. I bet she'll just give you permission for roof access in a flash, pun intended.
My gosh, it's Hogwarts!
omg....the close-ups are absolutely gorgeous....such animated characters....just beautiful.....wonder why were they originally put in the design....to keep other birds away....love them...thanx for sharing....
Pigeon repellent. And they work.
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