Here's another adorned New York sidewalk, this time from 1996, created in memory of homeless Lower East Side fixture Paul "Merlin" Hogan:
A wake and vigil of considerable moment, lasting for the better part of 2 weeks, was held in the neighborhood at Merlin's corner. Some nights the sidewalk and street around the memorial were so densely packed with people that it seemed that everyone in the neighborhood and the surrounding communities was attending, crowded together, all kinds of folks, from all professions and callings, from high and low paying their respects to Merlin.
More photos and reflections at the timeless civic shrine, Jeremiah's Vanishing New York.
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