Month: January 2015
It seems that the economic benefits legal weed has always promised are already coming for one industry: lobbyists. According to Capital, one insider is calling the coming medical weed industry in New York the “Lobbyist Employment Act of 2015.” That’s because hundreds of manufacturers are expected to compete for just five licenses to manufacture the medicinal ganja […]
Over the past several months, ANIMAL has been documenting the demolition of 5 Pointz, a legendary building in Queens which served as an aerosol playground for spray paint-wielding artists since 1993. The property will eventually be developed into a condo complex, but first the site had to be fully cleared. So we bribed a nearby […]
After months of speculation, the Wu-Tang Clan has decided what to do with its album, Once Upon A Time In Shaolin, of which only one copy will be produced. The group is auctioning it via online art space Paddle8. Back in March, RZA floated the idea that the album would be sold to a single private […]
Mayor Bill De Blasio is expected to follow through today on the long-in-the-works ban of plastic foam containers. After a year of trying to prove that plastic foam containers are biodegradable, industry lobbyists have apparently lost to science. The initiative to ban foam takeout containers began two years ago when Mayor Mike Bloomberg put forth the proposal […]
Nuance is not something you see every day on Twitter, so it’s moving and powerful to see that #JeSuisCharlie has given rise to #JeSuisAhmed, a hashtag that honors a Muslim cop who died while defending Charlie Hebdo during an apparent Islamic militant attack. The satirical French weekly was firebombed in 2011 by Islamic radicals, and […]
ANIMAL’s feature Game Plan asks game developers to share a bit about their process and some working images from the creation of a recent game. This week, we spoke with Lucas Johnson, Claris Cyarron and ceMelusine of Silverstring Media about Glitchhikers, a game about “the kinds of things you end up thinking about when you’re […]
As NYC taxi drivers continue to face stiff competition from new services like Uber and the outer borough “green taxi” program, the price of the medallions has dropped considerably. The average price is reportedly $805,000 today, which is a 23% drop from the 2013 peak of $1.05 million. Medallions are essentially a business license for cab drivers. There are a […]
Despite frigid temperatures, hundreds of people gathered in Union Square on Wednesday night to stand in solidarity with French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. The demonstration, just one of many that took place in major cities across the world, began at 7 PM. Twelve died in the Paris attack, perpetrated by three gunmen thought to be […]
Katniss, East New York. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
A graffiti writer named ZEXOR bedecked several Bushwick Collective murals done by street artists. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
