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Soho’s gallery nine5 has assembled quite an impressive lineup of artists for its latest group show Brand Loyalty, i’m lovin’, featuring work from the likes of Alben, Chad Gordon, Desire Obtain Cherish, Greg Haberny, Ron English, Sket One, WhIsBe and Zevs. The exhibit is a commentary on the ubiquity and idolization of corporate imagery, and […]
“When you first walk in, it was dark as fuck,” says 2ESAE. “And then when we finally found the lights, that’s when the whole place opened up,” SKI finishes. They are describing the abandoned Loew’s Canal Theatre, which they snuck into under the cover of darkness one night in February. Built in the the early […]
“Keanu Reeves just held the door for me,” said ANIMAL’s intern as he arrived today. I darted down the stairs of our Soho building and sure enough, there was Neo, just chilling on his cell phone, smoking a cigarette out on Broadway. He’s rumored to be a courteous subway rider and all-around nice guy, so […]
Wet wipes may feel nice on your little b-hole, but they are plugging the city’s sewers. The Times dives deep (ugh) on how the allegedly flushable wipes, which have increased drastically in popularity in the past few years, are wreaking havoc on sewage treatment facilities. “The city has spent more than $18 million in the […]
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter is a movie about obsession, isolation, and the extent to which people will go to escape reality. The drama follows Kumiko, masterfully played by Academy Award-nominee Rinko Kikuchi, as she travels from her dreary, lonesome life in Tokyo to Minnesota in search of a briefcase full of money that Steve Buscemi’s […]
Capital has traced a number of Wikipedia edits to entries surrounding police brutality — including stop-and-frisk and the death of Eric Garner — to computers on the network of One Police Plaza, the NYPD’s headquarters. The crowdsourced encyclopedia is one of the most widely used sites on the web and relies on contributors to maintain […]
With its matte black color, bars on the windows, and grim-ass dungeon chains, this spooky RV is perplexing residents of the Lower East Side’s Baruch Houses. The RV, which Bowery Boogie managed to snap a photo of before being caught and devoured by mutants, is often parked on Baruch Drive near the Williamsburg Bridge. It’s […]
A 15-year-old boy fell four stories to his death in Crown Heights Thursday afternoon when he failed to clear the gap while jumping between two adjacent rooftops, the Daily News reports. Tyhreek Riley was the first of the group of kids on the roof to jump. Sadly, the gap was too wide, and he fell […]
Nigel, Washington Heights. (Photo: Steven Severinghaus) […]
Another shot of the decayed beauty at the Loew’s Canal Theatre. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
