There’s been no shortage of crazy in the City Council lately, with members proposing everything from intrusive bike registrations to a ban on neighborhood nicknames, and now Margaret Chin enters the fray. Her district includes Chinatown, the city’s bootleg Mecca, and she’s hoping to pass a bill that would punish shoppers who buy knockoffs with a hefty fine or jail time. Read more »
The barren lot of land at Canal Street and Sixth Avenue is getting rehabbed as “an exhibition space for large sculptures, an event space and public park as well as a tree nursery.” LentSpace, being programmed by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, will last for the next three to five years until the rezoning period ends and the owners can do something more profitable. |Curbed|
Technically, Nike can’t be held directly responsible for this footwear atrocity that was pieced together by the sneaker customizing zealots at Solefood. The ‘Canal Street’ Air Force Ones were designed to supposedly “bring awareness to the fake industry” or something. By what, replicating it? The kicks feature a patchwork of the luxury brands most likely to be counterfeited in the neighborhood notoriously known for proliferating knock-offs. |KicksOnFire|
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