Thursday night’s vigil and protest for Kimani Gray, the 16-year-old killed by police last weekend after allegedly pointing a loaded gun at plainclothes officers, was a relatively quiet and peaceful affair. Protests have been going on for four consecutive evenings, including one at which people looted and dismantled a local Rite Aid and another at which […]
Candy, Williamsburg. (Photo: ANIMALNewYork) […]
This dog on Houston and Broadway really likes the Yankees. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Since last night’s riot protest over the shooting of Kimani Gray, rumors that East Flatbush has been rendered a “frozen zone” by the NYPD have been popping up all over the Internet. Various blogs have “reported” that “a portion of Flatbush” has been taken over by the NYPD. There is, however, no such police restriction […]
Earlier today, we talked about cool things you could do with Twitter’s new line breaks, and now it seems that Facebook might add another bell/whistle to their interface: hashtags. How much you’d be able to see through hashtags hasn’t been determined yet, as Facebook requires friending as opposed to Twitter’s majority of public accounts, but […]
It seems once an element of pop culture is aged enough, curators deem it worthy of the museum. In 2010, Seattle Art Museum mounted “Kurt,” a completely serious exhibition on “Seattle’s greatest cultural export,” Kurt Cobain. Last week, Pac-Man and other arcade games opened at the MoMA. It’s been over a decade since MTV stopped […]
I don’t know whether it’s the cheap hotels or the totalitarian landlords, the beautiful bathrooms or the ever-changing public art, but something about New York City seems to attract people! Crazy, right? And now, more than ever–for the first time in 60 years, more people are moving into NYC than out of it. Mayor Bloomberg, of […]
It looks like your erotic space fantasies won’t make it beyond your sticky Star Wars sheets in the morning — at least not if you care about your health. A new study shows that interstellar intercourse could actually be life-threatening. Researchers studying plant cells found that gravity changes can seriously harm living cells. As if […]
We stopped by the Bowery mural earlier today to check on the progress. CRASH told us that the mural should be completed by Saturday. There were only a few people hanging around — all either CRASH’s assistants or photographers. Enjoy! (More photos in the gallery.) (Photos: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
The finest food and drink in New York has to end up somewhere, but even the fanciest of restaurants seem shy about sharing their bathrooms. This series documents those rarely discussed amenities. SAXON + PAROLE 316 Bowery, Noho, Manhattan FRANKIES 570 570 Hudson St, West Village, Manhattan SEL DE MER 374 Graham Ave, East Williamsburg, Brooklyn PT […]
