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Unlike Cairo, where cats roam the streets, in Havana, it’s all about the dogs. They run shit. All across the city you can find them, just chilling. These island hounds are reportedly well taken care of by the the government’s social welfare programs and some even get to call a museum home. Click through the […]
Impromptu public dance parties are such a thing that they’re apparently the new normal in New York City. If this is what New York is now, a magical playground where the R train can turn into a rave at any moment and everyone just goes along with it, I don’t think it’s for me. I’m […]
Trump Ferry Point, the public golf course owned by the Parks Department and operated by the real estate buffoon’s organization, opened on Wednesday after years of delays and hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars spent. Estimates in the press of what the park cost to build range from $127 million to $269 million. A round […]
Ants that live in Manhattan have developed a taste for human food — more so than ants found in forests and parks, a new study has found. Researchers from NC State say that the Pavement ant, the most common ant in New York City, eats junk food that we toss out. Several of the 21 […]
Morpheus, Williamsburg. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Obligatory retro car shot from Havana. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Production company Brain Farm hooked the $110k high-speed, hi-res camera nerd-approved Phantom Flex4k up to an Aerigon cinematography drone and captured some primally satisfying slow motion footage. No one had ever flown such a heavy camera before, and the Brain Farm crew didn’t know if it was going to work. “The title of this is […]
On Wednesday The Village Voice published an investigation into a constant problem plaguing a Midtown block: Police officers’ personal vehicles are hogging every space on 36th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues. The scope of the story is small, but it illustrates the systemic dysfunction of how the NYPD operates; the gang-like, fuck-everyone-but-us mentality and […]
Between May 14th and 17th, the inaugural FLUX Fair will come to Harlem’s once-decrepit, now-thriving Corn Exchange building at 125th Street and Park Avenue. Scheduled to coincide with the prestigious Frieze Art Fair, the FLUX Fair will showcase the growing fine art community in Manhattan’s newest art-destination neighborhood. The FLUX Fair is being presented by […]
On Wednesday night, a New York City-based group that uses the arts to rehabilitate teenagers and keep them from becoming a cog in the criminal justice system is holding a silent auction at Chelsea’s Joseph Gross Gallery to raise money for its program. The artwork was donated by venerable list of graffiti and street artists […]
