X
November 2, 2014 Bucky Turco

Everyday, ANIMAL suggests a new person to follow on Instagram. Here are this week’s. Please send recommendations here. Follow @jeremyville (artist) #animalnypicks A photo posted by ANIMAL Instagram (@animalnewyork) on Oct 10, 2014 at 6:08am PDT Follow @skidrobot (artist) #animalnypicks A photo posted by ANIMAL Instagram (@animalnewyork) on Oct 10, 2014 at 6:04am PDT Follow @kashink1 (artist) […]

Read More…

October 31, 2014 Amy K. Nelson

Ever since Taylor Swift was declared the city’s new Global Welcome Ambassador, the internet (and New Yorkers) hates her even more than it already did. And what better way to celebrate her looming internet death than a RIP mural on the Lower East Side by Chico? The muralist, whose real name is Antonio Garcia, has […]

Read More…

Rhett Jones

A little after 9AM on Friday morning, an NYPD patrol car collided with a truck at the intersection of Bushwick and Flushing Avenues while trying to avoid a cyclist in the crosswalk. According to driver of the truck, Max, 59, the officer was heading east on Flushing Avenue and when the cop saw a cyclist in […]

Read More…

October 30, 2014 Michael Rougeau

ANIMAL’s feature Game Plan asks game developers to share a bit about their process and some working images from the creation of a recent game. This week, we spoke with Hamish Todd about Music of the Spheres, a game inspired by Islamic art and viruses, which have only one thing in common: math. “I don’t […]

Read More…

Amy K. Nelson

Two businesses in Harlem that posted the controversial “Do not enter with hoodie or mask” signs have recently taken them down. On Thursday morning, ANIMAL visited both the Bravo supermarket and Kings Deli on Frederick Douglass Boulevard and the signs were no longer posted at either one. When I walked into Bravo earlier, I had […]

Read More…

Bucky Turco

Patricia, Soho. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]

Read More…

October 29, 2014 Bucky Turco

An urban explorer infiltrated Grand Central from the Tiffany clock to the roof to high above the entire building. (Photo: @dark.cyanide) […]

Read More…

Bucky Turco

The same urban explorer who recently snuck into the 13-foot-wide Tiffany clock at Grand Central Terminal posted some new photos of the storied building. Instagrammer @dark.cyanide and his accomplice, @dirtydav1, accessed the catwalks used mostly by workers high above the main concourse — and they didn’t stop there. “How often do you get a chance […]

Read More…

Bucky Turco

Bartolomeo, Chinatown. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]

Read More…

October 28, 2014 Prachi Gupta

The Catholic Church succeeded in getting the attention of Catholics, Satanists, and everyone in the vast spiritual spaces in-between on Tuesday after Pope Francis embraced the theories of Evolution and the Big Bang. While he didn’t endorse either theory, he argued that they are not at odds with Catholic teachings, saying “Evolution in nature is […]

Read More…