According to amNY: yes. The freebie paper reports that the drab poor people transportation hub is “getting a facelift” by way of a giant new LCD screen that will wrap around the entire building’s corner facade. It’s described as “a look that’s a little more Times Square than aging bus station.” And that’s an improvement?
Today, Ukrainian FEMENistas forsake their signature topless protest form and, instead, launch mushy fruit at the image of “tyrant” Belorussian prez Lukashenko with their “long-legged slingshots,” suggestively poised in 6 reverse-9 crouches. Read more »
“It is important that we stick together,” says very large-scale sculptor and outspoken Ai Weiwei-supporter Anish Kapoor, dedicating his latest, biggest work ever to the missing artist. The 150,000 square foot Leviathan coils through the Grand Palais in Paris as part of the Monumenta 2011 exhibit. Visitors can climb inside its gut-red chambers, just as if the blobby giant ate them. (Photos: Reuters/Monumenta)
As reported by the Daily News and soon, everywhere, one of the Bronx Zoo’s free-roaming peacocks (or in this case peahens) bolted for freedom and disappeared onto the streets Tuesday afternoon. With all the fanfare generated by the last runaway, this has all the markings of another viral success. And it all starts with this: @BronxZooPeacock.
And the NYC Photographer Most Likely to Be Present at a Modern Day, Nude-ish, Ritualistic Sacrifice is… (Photo: Tod Seelie/Suckapants)
Because cyclists are the only ones causing problems on city streets and both drivers and pedestrians always follow traffic rules, the DOT launched its new “Don’t Be A Jerk” campaign aimed squarely at bikes. Pay attention folks, this is the kind of advertising that’s sure to be highly effective. More award winners below. Read more »
Earlier today, with the help of the notorious Yes Men, environmental group Coal is Killing Kids, launched a spoof PR campaign against Peabody Energy, the world’s largest coal company. Operating under the guise of a website called Coal Cares, the activists announced they’ll be giving away free “pop-culture inspired inhalers” to children and “$10 coupons towards asthma medication for families living within 200 miles of a coal-fired plant” on behalf of Peabody, who wasn’t amused, firing off propaganda of their own.
San Francisco artist someguy remixes books, crossing out all text in the King James Holy Bible except for “love” and “evil” and all of The Catcher in the Rye, save the “goddam.” How cute. Most recently, he highlighted nine pages of the Bible mentioning “unicorns.” Most notoriously, he reverse-censored Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn down to 212 instances of the word “nigger.” Read more »
That being a high instance of apartment vacancies in Brooklyn and Queens. In a place like New York City, that just doesn’t happen, even in the midst of a historic recession. Elected officials are hoping the anomaly will be useful in their official challenge to the 2010 census data and ensure that the city gets its fair share of federal funds, which could amount to billions if they can prove there was a processing error.
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