{"id":490,"date":"2015-04-21T16:47:08","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T20:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.timcurran.com\/?p=490"},"modified":"2018-04-20T21:03:58","modified_gmt":"2018-04-21T01:03:58","slug":"i-love-nyc-street-fairs-2015-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timcurran.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/21\/i-love-nyc-street-fairs-2015-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"I Love NYC Street Fairs, 2015 edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Love &#8217;em or hate &#8217;em. If you live in New York City&#8211;particularly, in Manhattan&#8211;you cannot escape them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timcurran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20140622_135543.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"g2image_float_left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timcurran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20140622_135543-225x300.jpg?resize=262%2C349\" alt=\"20140622_135543\" width=\"262\" height=\"349\" \/><\/a>From May through October, there are at least three of four every weekend&#8211;sometimes more.<\/p>\n<p>With several exceptions, they all have the same food vendors (sometimes with four or five booths scattered along a single fair!).\u00a0 They all have the same craft-and-T-shirt booths.<\/p>\n<p>But they are also&#8211;to me&#8211;a lot of fun. I go to at least two a month for the fresh-cut watermelon and\/or mango, for the Mozzarepas, and for the <em>unparalleled<\/em> people watching.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s okay with me if you hate them, find them disruptive, whatever.<\/p>\n<p>This map is for you, too, so you can avoid them.<\/p>\n<p>The map opens pre-filtered to the coming week. You can see all the events for the year by clicking the [Clear Filters] button, and you can filter and sort to your heart&#8217;s content using the header, where column widths can also be adjusted. Click on a table row to see a popup indicating that event on the map. Additional notes and a list of street fair organizers and production companies are hidden behind the map itself. You can reveal them by clicking the arrow button at the top right.<\/p>\n<p>I wish I had time to add street fairs for all the other New York boroughs&#8230; or for that matter, street fairs throughout the U.S. or around the world. This interface, which I built last year, is suitable for that use. If you&#8217;re interested in adding street fair information to this database&#8211;or using the interface on your own website, feel free to contact me: tim@timcurran.com. Same address if you have any corrections or additions for this database.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.timcurran.com\/streetfairs\/index.html\" width=\"1080px\" height=\"700px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" ><\/iframe>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Principal data sources for this map are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nycstreetfairs.com\/schedule-of-festivals\/\" data-versionurl=\"https:\/\/timcurran.com\/blog\/amber\/cache\/e2b5e89b4603e71979d66a161893516d\/\" data-versiondate=\"2026-01-09T16:41:10+00:00\" data-amber-behavior=\"\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Mardi Gras Festival Productions<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clearviewfestival.com\/StreetFairsSchedule.asp\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Clearview Festival Productions<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mortandray.com\/schedule.htm\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Mort and Ray Productions<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metrofestivalproductions.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Metro Festival Productions<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Love &#8217;em or hate &#8217;em. If you live in New York City&#8211;particularly, in Manhattan&#8211;you cannot escape them. From May through October, there are at least three of four every weekend&#8211;sometimes more. With several exceptions, they all have the same food vendors (sometimes with four or five booths scattered along a single fair!).\u00a0 They all have the same craft-and-T-shirt booths. But they are also&#8211;to me&#8211;a lot of fun. I go to at least two a month for the fresh-cut watermelon and\/or mango, for the Mozzarepas, and for the unparalleled people watching. But it&#8217;s okay with me if you hate them, find them disruptive, whatever. This map is for you, too, so you can avoid them. The map opens pre-filtered to the coming week. You can see all the events for the year by clicking the [Clear Filters] button, and you can filter and sort to your heart&#8217;s content using the header, where column widths can also be adjusted. Click on a table row to see a popup indicating that event on the map. Additional notes and a list of street fair organizers and production companies are hidden behind the map itself. You can reveal them by clicking the arrow button at the top right. I wish I had time to add street fairs for all the other New York boroughs&#8230; or for that matter, street fairs throughout the U.S. or around the world. This interface, which I built last year, is suitable for that use. If you&#8217;re interested in adding street fair information to this database&#8211;or using the interface on your own website, feel free to contact me: tim@timcurran.com. Same address if you have any corrections or additions for this database. \u00a0Principal data sources for this map are: Mardi Gras Festival Productions Clearview Festival Productions Mort and Ray Productions Metro Festival&#8230; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/timcurran.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/21\/i-love-nyc-street-fairs-2015-edition\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":274,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[30,38],"class_list":["post-490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recreation","tag-maps","tag-street-fairs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Tim Curran","author_link":"https:\/\/timcurran.com\/blog\/author\/timcurran-admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Love &#8217;em or hate &#8217;em. 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