"Seasons Greetings" everyone!
There are now Christmas decorations on 73rd St b/w 37th Ave and B'way. I'm not sure why...maybe somebody couldn't find tacky decorations for Eid il Fitr (they do exist...I have seen them in Muslim countries during Ramadan). Somebody paid for these, and presumably they could put some of that money and energy into cleaning up the street.
IMO, there are focal building that are relatively new and cause much more filth than the rest:
Haat Bazaar and the Bangladesh Plaza next to it.
Haat Bazaar specializes in cheap produce that is about to go bad (thus the low price)...they are constantly blocking the sidewalks with deliveries, their own produce stands turned around to prop open doors, and rotten produce. The sidewalk is black and slick from the accumulated decomposition. They also do much more business than that little store can handle (it has produce, halal meat, a restaurant, and dry goods), and will be a problem until they move to an appropriate place.
Bangladesh Plaza is a lot of little businesses, and no one bothers to keep the front of the building clean as do other, larger businesses. The fire hydrant in front is a popular hang-out until the early morning, and for some reason people throw trash around the hydrant as if it were a garbage can.
The Sheila Terrace is apparently having a meeting with Dromm's office and CB3 in their lobby today at 5:30 PM. I probably can't go, but maybe some plans for approaching the issue will come out of it.