Infuriated Russians blocked intersection near their beloved local park, soon to be turned into a parking lot. Watch it turn into an all out brawl, complete with randomly attacked drivers and a meat-head beating up seniors. Read more »
Acrobats Busted for Getting High Up On the Williamsburg Bridge
A pair of acrobats climbed to spots on the Williamsburg Bridge that would make most people’s limbs freeze in fear and gave a very daring, and very illegal performance to onlookers below earlier this evening. Per usual, the story first broke on Twitter as eyewitnesses snapped photos, shot video, and posted updates—mostly about a woman twirling around—including a snippet from the email she tweeportedly sent, identifying her as aerial silk artist Seanna Sharpe, which makes sense after reading this description on her website: Read more »
Parting Shot
A coy gal partakes in patriotic festivities earlier this month at the “Bronx Riviera” aka “Playa Chocha” aka Orchard Beach. (Photo: Charles le Brigand)
The DEA, a federal agency with no medical expertise whatsoever and an obvious conflict of interest, has decided that pot lacks therapeutic value and therefore should remain a Schedule I drug. This decision was in response to a petition filed way back in 2002 seeking to have cannabis reclassified, but according to the feds, weed has “no currently accepted medical use.” REALLY? Read more »
The Flickr Vs. Twitter World Atlas: NYC and Beyond
Map geek extraordinaire Eric Fischer is back, mapping out who Tweets (in blue), who Flickrs (in red), who does both (in white) and where — from New York City to Tokyo to Amsterdam to Moscow and on — for his new project See Something or Say Something. See it city by city below. Read more »
A Manhattan judge ruled against a once honorable, ex-FDNY firefighter trying to block the construction of an Islamic center near the World Trade Center site. Timothy Brown with the backing of the fanatical American Center for Law and Justice, had filed a lawsuit agains NYC’s Landmarks Preservation. Read more »
Spike Lee just started shooting the Do The Right Thing prequel, sequel or spinoff Red Hook Summer. He’ll be reprising his role as Mookie, now the other old boy.
As if the Tour de France isn’t grueling enough with its natural hazards, competing riders have to worry about manmade ones too, namely vehicles carrying the media. On Sunday, a French news car clipped some top riders, sending a cyclist into the pavement and another into a barbed wire fence. But it wasn’t the only incident. Read more »
Narrow Los Angeles: A Fantasy Urban Makeover
You need to have lived in Los Angeles for a bit to appreciate the mind fuck of designer David Yoon’s photo manipulations. Observe as dozens of familiar streets shrink in width for project Narrow Streets: Los Angeles. Witness the mammoth PCH turned into a cozy crevice, Santa Monica smooshed and Echo Park suddenly made neighborhoodier! Read more »
This semi-synchronized, group graffiti attack on a hip bar wall in Grottaglie, Italy went largely unappreciated by the locals. Now watch a swarm of spraypaint-wielding vandals scribble it all up in a matter of seconds! Cathartic. Read more »
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