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The New York Times reports that 88,000 applications have been submitted by hopeful city residents trying to snag one of the 55 affordable housing units in the so-called “poor door” building on the Upper West Side. The “poor door,” the term given to the designated entrance for lower-income renters that’s located on a different street […]
A federal monitor has submitted a guideline for NYPD behavioral standards that’s so basic it looks like it could be a poster in a 2nd grade classroom. That’s not an insult against the federal monitor who is overseeing NYPD reform, but against the cops, who sadly seem to need reminders like, “Remember most people are […]
Moe & Shorty, City Hall. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Australian artist Anthony Lister is in town and apparently he’s making good use of the keys Jordan Seiler gave him to unlock ad kioks. Here’s something he did on the Bowery. […]
For years, the Soul Glo Project was a regular production at Upright Citizens Brigade, championed by longtime improvisor Keisha Zollar. However, the next few shows will be in Harlem, where Zollar hopes to foster an indie improv scene similar to those in parts of Brooklyn, Queens and Lower Manhattan. “I’m trying to develop the comedy […]
Starting next month, if you get into an elevator going to the observatory at the top of One World Trade Center, you’ll get to witness 500 years of change compressed into 47 seconds. The video, shown here via the New York Times, begins in the 1500s when Manhattan is all forest and reaches the present […]
At the same time the City Council Speaker is working on a bill to decriminalize low-level “broken windows” offenses like drinking in public and turnstile jumping, two cops in Brownsville are handing out tickets for spitting, Gothamist reports. In a video uploaded to YouTube, a young man films two officers as they write him up […]
In the Flesh, a hardcore porn movie that came out April 10, has more on its mind than the average XXX flick, which is typically pretty focused on just one thing. In between In The Flesh’s scenes of fucking is the story of a suspiciously Christlike man, named Aman (people repeatedly ask “are you Him?” […]
The new occupants of the historic graffiti-covered mansion at 190 Bowery will “keep all of the building’s historic touches from its marble wash basins to the graffiti covering the lower part of the facade,” the Wall Street Journal reports. A recently-formed, as-of-yet-unnamed consortium of agencies representing creative professionals has leased 30,000 square feet of office […]
On Saturday, renowed interventionist and public art veteran Ron English finished up his mural at the Houston Bowery Wall. It’s a patchwork American flag comprised of the many corporate parodies he has done over the past two decades as unsanctioned billboards or paintings, punctuated by a very angry-looking Hulk-like toddler. I asked him why he […]
