Month: April 2015
A few simple improvements to Fourth Avenue have led to a marked improvement in pedestrian safety, including reducing pedestrian injuries by over 60% and crashes by 20%. The findings were printed in the DOT’s project evaluation and analyzed by Streetsblog. The project is an initiative under Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero Great Streets program and […]
New York’s coyotes are straight up trolling us, now. Weeks after a coyote was spotted on a Long Island City rooftop and one was seen in Chelsea, a wild dog was seen in Riverside Park on Wednesday morning, CBS reports. The coyote was seen between 96th and 79th streets around 5 AM. Police went after […]
In honor of Earth Day, the La Guardia and Wagner Archives have released a 1980s-era water conservation ad sponsored by former Mayor Ed Koch when the city was in the middle of one of its worst droughts of the century. (What other time could a slogan like “Keep New York wet” catch on?). The cheesy […]
Donning a ghoulish white mask and black hoodie, a mysterious figure has been attracting the attention of passersby in Manhattan lately. The poetic harbinger of doom and spokesman for the “rats in the walls” chalks strange occult symbols on the ground and hands out flyers celebrating graffiti writers who “eat trains and live forever.” Other […]
An Islamophobic ad that suggest Muslims want to kill Jews is protected by the First Amendment, says a federal Manhattan judge, and therefore the MTA must run them. A description of the ad, per the New York Times: The ad shows a man with a scarf across his face next to the words, “Killing Jews […]
Sly, Williamsburg. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Earlier today, a giant weed leaf flew over Manhattan and it was all our fault. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Japanese artist Sebastian Masuda, who helped bring “kawaii culture” mainstream, wants to create a giant, cute time capsule in the shape of a Japanese bear in New York City. In this interactive art project, called Time After Time people are encouraged to fill a semi-transparent bear-like character with keepsakes and other personal items, creating a […]
When it comes to wealth, New York County is “the most unequal county in the US,” according to Queens College professor and sociologist Andrew Beveridge. He explained the phenomenon in a recent talk at the Symposium on Inequality and reported by CityLab. After climbing in the 1990s and 2000s, median income is back down to […]
ANIMAL showcases a different street artist regularly in our feature, Scratching the Surface. This week, we profile GILF!. Name/Alias: GILF! Decade you were born in: ’80s. City you currently live: Trashwick, Brooklyn. Drugs or natural highs? Adrenaline is a far greater high than anything else I’ve tried. How did you get your name? Gilf was […]
