Category: Features
Hours ahead of her announcement for presidential candidacy on Sunday, street art about Hillary Clinton’s campaign cropped up in Brooklyn Saturday night, reported The Weekly Standard. Clinton recently opened her campaign’s headquarters in Brooklyn. The art was well organized, mounted with hooks at impressive heights, including in-line with a traffic light. The posters read “Don’t […]
Diablo, Williamsburg. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Harmonious co-existence is a lofty aspiration for a city as cramped as New York. To help establish peace, and to keep New Yorkers from strangling each other, mediators are scattered across the five boroughs, solving conflicts between families, neighbors and community members. Mediation is not like most legal proceedings. For one, it won’t cause your […]
Barack, Bushwick. (Photo: Marina Galperina/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Cleo, Williamsburg. (Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Kris, Williamsburg. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
ShotSpotter, the NYPD’s controversial gunshot-detection system introduced in some precincts in the Bronx and Brooklyn last month, may be starting to prove its usefulness. ShotSpotter uses highly sensitive audio equipment to triangulate the location of gunshots, making it faster and easier for police to respond. The Daily News reports that on Monday the technology alerted […]
ANIMAL showcases a different street artist regularly in our feature, Scratching the Surface. This week, we profile MRtoll. Name/Alias: MRtoll Decade you were born in: ’70s City you currently live: I live between Brooklyn and L.A. My child lives in Brooklyn and my partner (Paola Baldion) is based in Hollywood. I am walking a fine […]
Carl, Kips Bay. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
“Listen In” is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they’re currently digging. Click the big play button above to hear the whole playlist or scroll down to see and hear individual tracks. Keep your eye on the Prettiots, because before you know it, they’re going […]
