Location: Near Broadway St
Time: Early in the month of May, at night
I scouted a trash pile near Broadway street while out walking one spring evening, and upon my return to the apartment I gathered up Creative Roommate, and Girlfriend-of-Technologist-Roommate (aka Lady K) who happened to be over, for some rooting around at night. We found a few things, one of which had some of the most desirable qualities in a freestyle item: lightweight, metal, and all parts intact and present.
Behold the humble shoe rack.
It asks for nothing, does its job day in and day out, displays your shoes whether stinky or chic, and helps you feel like your life has the semblance of organization. Shoe racks are a good thing.
I understand why someone might not want or need this anymore, but really, the discarder couldn't walk it down to the Goodwill? Or even bring it to the scrap metal bin at the DPW? This was going to the landfill people, so I'm claiming a tiny moral victory at the salvage of this organizational item.
Since the cross-pieces of the shoe rack come apart from the vertical support tubes we were lucky to find them all intact and not bent out of shape. An additional bonus was that the white rubber door-bumper end caps were still on, no dents in the door! The shoe rack spent a little time in our living room until we delivered it over to Lady K's house in another part of town, thanks to boyfriend for his help with that, go Team Freestyle! Here is the picture she sent me of the shoe rack being put to good use.
It's the simple things really. Great friends, organized stuff, and freestyle.