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As of Friday morning, about “200 firefighters and medical staff” are at the scene of the East Village blast that took out 3 buildings and ignited a seven-alarm fire on Thursday afternoon, CBS reports. A fourth building was badly damaged by the fire. Latest estimates say that at least 25 people were injured — 4 […]
Cord, Kips Bay. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
STU & TRAP, Harlem World. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Over 250 firefighters and 130 police officers swarmed 2nd Avenue and 7th street on Thursday afternoon after an explosion collapsed two buildings and ignited a seven-alarm fire in the East Village. At least a dozen people were injured. According to the FDNY, the explosion leveled 123 Second Avenue and partially collapsed 121 Second Avenue; a […]
On Wednesday, Bushwick Daily editor-in-chief Katarina Hybenova announced that the five-year-old East Wlliamsburg/Bushwick/Ridgewood community news website will be launching a quarterly print magazine, Bushwick Notebook. The 92-page inaugural issue is slated for release on June 1. It isn’t Bushwick Daily’s first foray into print, as the website has published a guide to Bushwick Open Studios […]
The Daily Mail has some incredible photos taken by legendary street photographer Weegee. The photos are from the International Center for Photography’s archives and will soon be published in a new book called The Weegee Guide To New York, presented side-by-side with recent shots from the same spots. Weegee was a photojournalist who captured gritty […]
Most photography requires at least a modicum of traveling, even if just to get to an interesting destination, but what’s amazing about Scott Matthews’s photographs is that he can capture the city’s vibrancy and diversity without even leaving his apartment in the Upper West Side. ANIMAL reached out to Matthews after his multiple exposure shots […]
Russian Railways president Vladimir Yakunin wants to build a superhighway that would link North America, Asia and Europe through Russia in what would become the longest highway in the world. The proposal for the Trans-Eurasian Belt Development, first reported by the Siberian Times, would also bring a new train network along the Trans-Siberian Railway, oil […]
Supreme, a streetwear brand that shouldn’t be nearly as popular as it is — for so many reasons — is currently selling a new collaboration it did with a Japanese apparel company you probably never heard of. Earlier on Thursday, there was a crowd of thirsty fans in Soho waiting to scoop up this pricey […]
You’re not imagining it: people on the train are officially out of control, and it’s causing serious delays. The Post reports that 2,300 delays due to “unruly customers” were reported by conductors in January, an astounding 80% increase over the previous year. The number of delays due to jackassery was up 72% in October, 53% […]
