Category: NYC
Closing party of South Bronx Hall of Fame exhibition [Ahearn, bottom, second from right], Fashion Moda, October (1979) | Photo by Lisa Kahane Against the backdrop of landlord-sponsored arson that buildings to rubble and ash, South Bronx emerged at the vanguard of music, art, and culture during the 1970s. Graffiti writers bombed the trains inside […]
By the 1970’s, Times Square had become a veritable Sodom and Gomorrah. As the red light capital of the eastern seaboard, the Great White Way offered a new kind of Broadway show any time of night or day, peddling pleasures of the flesh on the streets, XXX movie theaters, strip clubs, brothels, and sex shops […]
Charlotte St., The Bronx. Rubble in a vacant lot with four apartment buildings in the background. A large Puerto Rican flag hangs from the rightmost building. 1980 © Joe Conzo Jr. Set against the backdrop of landlord-sponsored arson and “benign neglect,” over 97% of seven census tracts in the South Bronx were left vacant or […]
📷: @nycgraff.head 70. That’s how many New York City subway cars were hit last week, establishing a new record high and milestone in the number of incidents the MTA normally deals with over 7 days time. First reported by @RespectTheArchitects, the “historical feat” consisted of several wholetrains getting covered from top to bottom. (For the […]
NYC subway surfers 📷: @legalizedfraud That’s the question that elected officials and many others are asking after the recent death of yet another 15-year-old “subway surfer” in New York City. According to police, teenager Zackery Noel Nazario hit his head on something, presumably a beam, and fell beneath a Manhattan-bound J train as it crossed […]
Exactly one week ago, a teenager riding on top of a NYC subway car died after falling off and coming into contact with the third rail. According to news reports, he was pronounced dead on the scene. His name was Ka’Von Wooden and the 15-year-old was reportedly “subway surfing” a Brooklyn-bound J train as it […]
Union Square was the meeting grounds for New York City’s Halloween celebrations, as crowds gathered to smoke weed, vibe-out, and get sturdy. Not even rain could stop the constant stream of costume-wearing revelers from flooding the area. Here’s a small sample of who crossed our paths. […]
Cernesto in Chinatown. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Kyle, West Village. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Maxwell, Bowery. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
