A few nice tribal tattoos for men images I found:
La Plaza spring rites + Lower East Side, Mar 2010 – 33

Image by Ed Yourdon
Note: this photo was published as an illustration, in an undated (Mar 2010) Squidoo blog titled "Lotus Flower Tattoos, Tribal Tattoo,Cherry Blossom Tattoos, Guardian Angel Tattoos, sun sign tattoos & Lower Back Tattoos For Women, and Tattoos For men." It was also published as an illustration in an undated (Apr 2010) Squidoo blog titled "Small tattoo signs." And it was published in an undated (Apr 12010) HeartsForU blog, with the same title as the caption that I used for this Flickr page. It was also published in an undated (Jul 2010) blog titled "Angel tattoos."
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For the past 10 years, a daylong ceremony has marked the arrival of the spring solstice at a tiny park, known as La Plaza Cultural, on the southwest corner of 9th Street and Avenue "C" of New York’s East Village. A group of local artists convene to create a fresh batch of "recycled art," consisting of metal cans, plastic bottles, and other discarded junk in the neighborhood — in the form of flowers and other abstract artistic creations.
The park itself occupies a space of approximately two-thirds of an acre, and it serves as a neighborhood garden, performance space, and cultural center for the local inhabitants. A giant willow tree dominates the center of the space, but there are bushes, flowers, paintings on the adjacent building walls, benches and chairs to read and relax, and a small playground for little kids.
I learned that in 2003, the park was renamed in honor of Armando Perez, an East Village Democratic leader who had been slain in Queens in the late 90s … but apparently everyone still calls it La Plaza Cultural … or just La Plaza.
I have to admit that all of this was news to me; I’ve never been to any of the previous springtime ceremonies, and had not even heard of the park. But I ventured down to this neighborhood a week earlier, to check out a local bar called Banjo Jim’s, where a local musician was scheduled to play later that night. I noticed the sign announcing the forthcoming celebration in the park, and decided to return the next day to see what it was like … and found the experience sufficiently interesting that I took a few hundred photographs.
In addition to the activities of the artists, and the wonderful "flower" creations themselves, I also had a chance to photograph a bride and groom, who appeared in a massive white Rolls Royce to take some wedding photos in the park. After that, I spent some time photographing people enjoying a pleasant Sunday brunch across the street, and then wandered up Avenue "C" — photographing things along the way — until I got to 14th Street, where I took a bus across town, and then the subway back home.
This is, of course, just one of dozens — maybe hundreds — of little vignettes that one can find while wandering around New York City. I’ve spent only a little bit of time in the East Village during my several decades in the city, but I can see that there are lots of new spots left to explore…
La Plaza spring rites + Lower East Side, Mar 2010 – 32

Image by Ed Yourdon
Note: this photo was published as an illustration, in an undated (Mar 2010) Squidoo blog titled "Lotus Flower Tattoos, Tribal Tattoo,Cherry Blossom Tattoos, Guardian Angel Tattoos, sun sign tattoos & Lower Back Tattoos For Women, and Tattoos For men." It was also published as an illustration in an undated (Apr 2010) Squidoo blog titled "Small tattoo signs."
Moving into 2011, the photo was pubished in a Mar 10, 2011 "TattooPictureArt blog , with the same caption that I used on this Flickr page."
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For the past 10 years, a daylong ceremony has marked the arrival of the spring solstice at a tiny park, known as La Plaza Cultural, on the southwest corner of 9th Street and Avenue "C" of New York’s East Village. A group of local artists convene to create a fresh batch of "recycled art," consisting of metal cans, plastic bottles, and other discarded junk in the neighborhood — in the form of flowers and other abstract artistic creations.
The park itself occupies a space of approximately two-thirds of an acre, and it serves as a neighborhood garden, performance space, and cultural center for the local inhabitants. A giant willow tree dominates the center of the space, but there are bushes, flowers, paintings on the adjacent building walls, benches and chairs to read and relax, and a small playground for little kids.
I learned that in 2003, the park was renamed in honor of Armando Perez, an East Village Democratic leader who had been slain in Queens in the late 90s … but apparently everyone still calls it La Plaza Cultural … or just La Plaza.
I have to admit that all of this was news to me; I’ve never been to any of the previous springtime ceremonies, and had not even heard of the park. But I ventured down to this neighborhood a week earlier, to check out a local bar called Banjo Jim’s, where a local musician was scheduled to play later that night. I noticed the sign announcing the forthcoming celebration in the park, and decided to return the next day to see what it was like … and found the experience sufficiently interesting that I took a few hundred photographs.
In addition to the activities of the artists, and the wonderful "flower" creations themselves, I also had a chance to photograph a bride and groom, who appeared in a massive white Rolls Royce to take some wedding photos in the park. After that, I spent some time photographing people enjoying a pleasant Sunday brunch across the street, and then wandered up Avenue "C" — photographing things along the way — until I got to 14th Street, where I took a bus across town, and then the subway back home.
This is, of course, just one of dozens — maybe hundreds — of little vignettes that one can find while wandering around New York City. I’ve spent only a little bit of time in the East Village during my several decades in the city, but I can see that there are lots of new spots left to explore…