Tag: Central Park
As if looming threats from ISIS and the possibility of an Ebola epidemic aren’t depressing enough, a presumably cute black bear cub was found dead in Central Park. It was discovered under a bush by dog walkers earlier today, but it’s unclear how the animal got there. “We have no idea where it came from,” said Central […]
In lieu of the exceedingly rare, but highly publicized death of a pedestrian killed by a cyclist, the New York Times dropped into Central Park this weekend with a radar gun in to to clock just how fast (or slow) bikes are moving. According to the paper of record, the “fastest cyclist…was moving at 23 […]
Since a pedestrian died after being struck by a cyclist in Central Park, the NYPD has started another crackdown on petty traffic violations. Over the weekend, the police issued 103 summonses, mostly in an area of five square blocks on the west side of Central Park. According to the NYPD, 29 riders were cited for failing to yield to pedestrians, 26 […]
A cyclist struck a 59-year-old woman in Central Park on Thursday, September 18th. Jill Tarlov was taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center where she later died from her injuries. Police say that the cyclist, Jason Marshall, had swerved to avoid other pedestrians, hitting Tarlov. He sustained minor shoulder and hand injuries. “He was yelling for her to get out […]
The NYPD is investigating an incident earlier this month in which a cyclist collided with a 75-year-old jogger in Central Park. Irving Schachter was training for the New York City Marathon in the park when he was hit by the cyclist. He died from a head injury resulting from the collision on August 5th. The cyclist […]
A runaway horse detached from its bridle last night and took its driverless carriage on an unsupervised loop through the Central Park, before exiting on Fifth Avenue and 59th Street, near The Plaza Hotel. According to the union of carriage drivers (currently facing a possible carriage ban and Mayor de Blasio’s replacing the horse-drawn relics with quirky electric […]
Once again, Banksy rests on Sunday and instead of revealing a new piece of public art, he released a YouTube video instead. The footage shows an older man operating an art table outside of Central Park on what is assumed to be Saturday, peddling “spray art” canvasses for only $60 a pop. And they were […]
THE PLOT THICKENS! Yesterday, we investigated artist Richard Prince‘s outing in Central Park with topless ladies reading Bunny Modern. A tipster who will remain anonymous told us “Bob Dylan was painting on an easel in the background.” He described him as a man with “wild hair and good shades,” painting nudes “with the authority you’d expect of a man who’d […]
UPDATE: The plot thickens. Artist and copyright subverter Richard Prince is a big fan of David Bowman’s futuristic, “hard-boiled comedy” Bunny Modern. He tweets about it a lot. He’s also a fan of deleting his tweets. Good thing we’re all over it. Recently, Prince has been teasing his followers about being up to “something” in Central Park. Yesterday, he […]
Earlier today, the New York Times shared photos of a fun activity held in Central Park in the 1930s: Goat beauty contests. The pageants were held so that the Brewers Board of Trade could choose a poster goat for their bock beer advertisements. One of the contest’s winners was Pretzels-yes, the goat’s name was Pretzels-who, […]
