Month: October 2014
At long last, one of the men at the center of the mass cover-up of violence within Rikers Island has resigned, reports The New York Post. William Clemons, the Chief of the Department of Corrections, has “submitted his resignation Monday under pressure from Correction Commissioner Joseph Ponte,” according to the Post’s sources. Clemons became warden […]
Dick, Soho. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Abstractionist HEK TAD, Soho. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
On Monday, New York City’s subway system turned 110 years old and celebrated by releasing two vintage subway trains on Manhattan’s high-volume 1, 2, and 3 lines between Times Square and 96th Street. A description of the Nostalgia Trains, via the MTA’s site: One train will consist of four Low-Voltage subway cars that were in […]
Solid Concepts has successfully 3D-printed their second all-metal handgun. This one is dubbed Reason and is a much more stylized version of the company’s first metal gun, the 1911. It also specifically targets customers with libertarian/gun-freedom political leanings by printing the preamble to the Declaration of the Independence right on the handle. The first metal […]
Next Tuesday brings midterm elections and since Congress will be useless regardless of who is elected, the only thing that matters on ballots is who will be legalizing weed. After Washington and Colorado became the first states to fully legalize in 2012, we have four ballot measures this year for varying degrees. Oregon and Alaska are […]
Monday marks the 110th anniversary of the first subway running in New York City. Commemorative things are planned. Ya know, celebratory stuff. But the real fucking party was back in 1904 on the streets of Manhattan when the common man saw technology manifest in front of his or her eyes in the form of an […]
ANIMAL recently reported on HBO’s soon to be released documentary, Banksy Does New York, about the street artist’s 31-day residency on the city’s streets, that for many people, doubled as a daily scavenger hunt. Today, the cable network put out a snippet (and will continue do so each day this week) that offers a clue […]
Presumably, the City that Never Sleeps doesn’t require any introduction, but in case it does, New Yorkers now have Taylor Swift to represent them. She announced on Good Morning America that she’s been tapped as New York’s Global Welcome Ambassador for tourism. Keep in mind that Swift moved to New York in March, her only […]
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished artwork or project. This week Sean Capone discusses the evolution of Sunshine/New Paintings, his commission to beautify a luxury hospitality environment and the perils of being self-employed. I thought it would be interesting to look back and sort out what I […]
