Occupy Los Angeles: Bilingual Chants and Friendlier Coppers

The #OccupyLA protests started yesterday morning at Pershing Square where the National Lawyer’s Guild had initially estimated the crowd as 500 strong. The number seemed to grow as we marched towards City Hall in Downton LA. The cops were actually helpful, blocking the intersection so the marchers could cross on red lights. When we got to the steps, a particularly surly fella with a badge kicked the protestors off the main steps, so the momentum was broken a bit as the crowd dispersed and re-clustered around City Hall steps and lawns. The occupation had began. Read more »

By on October 2, 2011 at 11:55 am
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Gothamist reader Melissa Murphy took a Manhattanhenge-like photograph of the sun rising over Midtown this morning which at first glance looks deceivingly explosive.

By on January 10, 2011 at 5:15 pm
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Jimmy McMillan Dolls Now Available; Album Coming Soon

The same company that produced the Anna Chapman action figure and the witchy Christine O’Donnell doll has released a talking Jimmy McMillan toy. You’ll never guess what it says. Read more »

By on October 28, 2010 at 10:00 am
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Backyard Blizzard Photos

Brooklynite Gallery: Bed Stuy, BK

ANIMAL assembled a gallery of what Snowmageddeon looked like from the backyards of various New Yorkers, including a submission from Brooklynite Gallery, who is clearly capitalizing on the accumulation better than anyone else, they built an Olympic-themed snow ramp! See the rest below. Read more »

By on February 11, 2010 at 10:54 am
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One of the More Heartbreaking Images You’ll Ever See

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4 year-old Paige Bennethum holds the hand of her dad, Army Reservist Staff Sgt. Brett Bennethum, who she really didn’t want to go off to Iraq. He’s expected to return home next summer.

via NBC Philadelphia

By on October 7, 2009 at 1:00 pm
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Parting Shot: ‘Train Sickness’

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If this image of Ueno Station doesn’t make you too queasy, check out out the rest of these stereographic photos from around Tokyo. |Photo: heiwa4126|

By on April 28, 2009 at 7:54 pm
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Earth Hour In NYC, Before and After Photos

This past weekend, the WWF pulled of a successful worldwide public relations coup and got whole cities and product hawking brands to turn off their lights for Earth Hour so they can pretend to care about climate change and pay it as much mind as people do Facebook cause invitations. Photographer David Lam was roaming the streets and took some photos of the Empire State Building and key locations in Times Square before and after the artificial environmental awareness event. More after the jump.
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By on March 30, 2009 at 1:20 pm
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‘Dem A Call Us Pirates’


The edgy, world renowned Somali Pirates have made it to the big time, literally, with this gallery of oversized photos depicting the seafaring icons of cool. |The Big Picture|

By on March 16, 2009 at 8:19 pm
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Drug Lab In Bushburg


Humboldt Street off Flushing Avenue (technically it’s a few steps out of Bushwick across the Willliamsburg border.)
Well it’s a prescription drug lab, but doesn’t it still look awfully shady?. The single room isn’t even connected to the Three P pharmacy that runs it. More photos below.

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By on November 21, 2008 at 5:18 pm
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Bugged Out Photos of Violent Insect Deaths


Unlike when other species die: humans, mammals, or even reptiles, insect death can be a thing of wonderment and beauty. Maybe it’s the general lack of blood or all the pretty colors and natural backdrops. From ladybugs chomping on greenflys, to this spider wasp (pictured above) gnashing it’s prey during flight, the visuals are stunning. Click over for some amazing insect-snuff photos. |ScienceRay via Presurfer|
Photo: InSectHunter

By on August 22, 2008 at 10:44 am
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