{"id":35644,"date":"2012-07-18T16:11:17","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T20:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=35644"},"modified":"2012-07-19T13:19:25","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T17:19:25","slug":"watch-the-mosaic-man-of-the-east-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/18\/watch-the-mosaic-man-of-the-east-village\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: The Mosaic Man of the East Village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chances are, anyone who has spent any time in Manhattan\u2019s East Village is familiar with the work of Jim Power, aka \u201cThe Mosaic Man.\u201d For the past three decades, Power has been on a single-handed quest to beautify an area which, when he started decorating lampposts with beautiful tile work, was far from salubrious. Despite twenty years of homelessness and the city\u2019s destruction of some of his lampposts, Jim has remained undeterred and is a beloved fixture of the neighborhood. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/blog\/en\/2012\/jim-power-and-the-mosaic-trail\/\" target=\"_blank\">Etsy<\/a>\u2014with whom Power now has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/MosaicManNYC\" target=\"_blank\">shop<\/a>\u2014pays tribute with a video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/45865095\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/45865095\">Jim Power and the Mosaic Trail<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/etsy\">Etsy<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[tweetbutton]<\/p>\n<p>[facebook_ilike]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chances are, anyone who has spent any time in Manhattan\u2019s East Village is familiar with the work of Jim Power, aka \u201cThe Mosaic Man.\u201d For the past three decades, Power has been on a single-handed quest to beautify an area which, when he started decorating lampposts with beautiful tile work, was far from salubrious. 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