For the fifth summer, I’ll be spotlighting little aspects of life here that I love. To see the previous Valentines, click the Valentine tag at the end of the post.

The Scrap Yard store on W. Broadway—selling graffiti markers, spray paint, T-shirts, and other similar stuff—is a reminder that even as Tribeca and Soho gentrify into homogenous neighborhoods, there are people among us who lives wildly different lives. And that’s what New York City is all about, or should be.