Tag: LES
A dildo attached to a Spider-Man doll is currently hanging from an overheard wire on Eldridge Street reports Bowery Boogie. In 2013, a Barbie was strung up the same way at the same location and earlier this year, a rubber penis tied to an action figure of the Web Slinger dangled above an intersection in […]
In January, we told you that the plan to rename the corner of Ludlow and Rivington Streets on the Lower East Side “Beastie Boys Square” had hit a snag. Manhattan’s Community Board 3 had rejected LeRoy McCarthy’s application to memorialize the Paul’s Boutique corner, but would hold another vote if he could accrue a few hundred more […]
The plan to rename the corner of Rivington and Ludlow Streets — the site of the Pauls Boutique album cover photo — in the Beastie Boys’ honor was voted down by the local community board. Debated lasted 90 minutes at last night’s CB3 meeting, according to DNAinfo, before the board decided to reject the “Beastie Boys Square” proposal. LeRoy […]
While riding through the LES on my way home last night, I popped by Max Fish to see what was left of the now defunct space. There was about half-a-dozen people there–including owner Ulli Rimkus–sweeping and cleaning up the place, which already looked like a shell of its former self just 48 hours after its […]
Before securing her indisputable status as the trendsetter of the 80’s, not to mention the best-selling female recording artist of all time, Madonna was just like us… well, kind of. A fresh-faced aspiring dancer from Michigan, she moved to New York City with $35.00 in her pocket and a desire to “be somebody”, winding up […]
Known as the Warhol superstar, beloved as a poet and LES legend, 88-year-old Taylor Mead is leaving the city. The Anthology Film Archives moved up his talk before the screening of Cleopatra with Nico from the weekend to last night to accomodate his scheduled departure. If you hadn’t caught him, you won’t see him for awhile. You won’t hear recite […]
