Graffiti Artist Festoons Brooklyn Parking Lot
Artist Steve Powers (formerly ESPO) is working on a “Love Letter” to Brooklyn on the giant, ugly banks of a giant, ugly parking lot for the giant, ugly Fulton Mall. Read more »
In 2009, for the first time in decades, Macy’s decided to move it’s annual pyrotechnic marketing campaign to the Hudson River in honor of Henry Hudson, thereby screwing Brooklyn out of any waterfront views. So, what’s their excuse for not moving it back to the East River for this year’s fireworks display? Some bullshit about being able to cram more barges on the west side or something. |NewYorkology|
Photographer Makes Macy’s Fireworks Look Picture Perfect
This year, Macy’s screwed Brooklyn out of Fourth of July fireworks by staging the annual pyrotechnic display on the Hudson River to the delight of crowds in New Jersey and on Manhattan’s west side. It offered residents in that part of town some striking new perspectives. These photos, so stunning they almost look fake, were taken from a rooftop on 43rd Street and 9th Avenue. Click through some of our favorites above, but be sure to check out the full gallery too.
Photos by Nanynany
Brooklyn is really pissed off about Macy’s decision to move its annual 4th of July fireworks display from the East River to the Hudson for the sake of some little 400 year anniversary. Politicians throughout the borough are speaking up, including Council Member David Yassky who lashed out at the celebratory thievery that gives New Jersey a front row seat and leaves Brooklyn in the dark:
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On October 28th, 1858, Rowland Hussey Macy opened the doors of his dry good store on 14th St. and Sixth Avenue. He later acquired partners, moved up to a location on 18th and Broadway, in the posh ‘Ladies’ Mile’ shopping district, then died a few years later. But his legacy lives on with Macy’s turning 150 years old today. The department store, eventually coming under new ownership and relocating to its iconic Herald Square home, has become ingrained in popular culture by way of movies like Miracle On 34th Street, sponsoring the Grucci firework displays, and especially the annual Thanksgiving Day parades. Since 1924, the retailer has been frightening entertaining the city’s residents with surreal floats. We assembled some of the stranger characters to hover down Broadway, plus some bonus historic photos of the city after the jump.
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