French expat Ultra Violet rolled around quite a few of Andy Warhol’s Factory films and she fucked Salvador Dalí, so this 75-year-old artist’s got star rep. Now the rebel Catholic girl turned godless Superstar turned Mormon has a submission for the 9/11 Ground Zero museum. It’s a 9/11, specifically, a 10-foot-tall IXXI. 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 »
Cops descended on a Brooklyn man with a bike after observing him reach into his backpack as President Obama’s motorcade approached the WTC site. Moments before, he was reportedly moving around the crowd saying, “Secret Service, coming through.” At least one officer drew his gun on the 30-year-old musician who was later released and not charged, as mild stupidity is still legal.
The jingoistic cheerleader who was subjected to an America-hating L train and what he perceived was a lack of public patriotism, has attracted over 225,000 views on his video since ANIMAL first reported it and now has added two more links. He apparently was a lot more successful earlier that day at the World Trade Center site. Read more »
As news of Osama bin Laden’s death spread across the internet, radio and TV, jubilant crowds started to gather at the World Trade Center site to celebrate. The NYPD shut down vehicle traffic on Church and Vesey Streets and here’s a sample the party-like atmosphere that resulted as people chanted, cheered, and hung from light poles.
Nine years and a few months after the 9/11 attacks, workers unveiled a structure reminding everyone that its been nine years and a few months since the 9/11 attacks, when they tested one of site’s two memorial pools. And it worked. Water cascaded over the 3-story black granite walls lining the footprint of WTC 1 without creating too much noise. Progress or a big reflective reminder of the sloth-like pace at which things are getting built?
Forget about the “Ground Zero Mosque,” how about building a a Ground Zero Terrorist Motel, complete with a “a labyrinth of man-made caves, a state-of-the-art training facility, a library of clandestine training manuals…”
Scattered around the city and within blocks of the WTC site are starkly designed posters that encourage the public to weigh in on the ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ – ‘Islamic Community Center’ debate that has died down considerably since 9/11, but is ready to flare back up at a moment’s notice. Read more »
There’s no denying the effects that months of emotionally charged rhetoric has done to make this September 11th even more painful and circus-like than ever. (Photo: ANIMALNewYork)
After a mostly quiet morning protest-wise, things quickly heated up blocks from the World Trade center site. A man who refused to give his name, burned and tore out some pages from a Koran at the corner of Park Place and Church Street. UPDATE: Videos added below. Read more »
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