Tag: Times Square
It’s hard to imagine Times Square before it became the Disneyfied, Toys-R-Us-bag-toting-tourist-and-kiddie-infested postcard of Capitalist America that we hate so dearly today. Luckily, we’ve come across the photo collection of Gregoire Alessandrini to remind us that those days were more than just folklore. While attending a local film school in the mid-90’s, Alessandrini always carried […]
Your chance to be featured in one of JR’s signature wheatpaste pieces has finally arrived, and you don’t even have to travel to a developing nation to do it. From now until May 10, a mobile photo booth will be stationed in Times Square, taking portraits of passersby and printing them out on giant posters […]
The latest in the seemingly endless barrage of Times Square mascots (and Sesame Street characters) behaving badly came this weekend, as a Cookie Monster named Osvaldo Quiroz-Lopez allegedly punched a two-year-old in the face. The exchange came to blows came after the tot posed for a picture with Quiroz-Lopez and his mother refused to cough up […]
Times Square is one of the most visited tourist attractions in the world. But it’s easy to get distracted by the big fancy lights and blinking advertisements so here is a gallery of all of the little things you might have missed, close up. Really close up, using that special hacked camera again. Check back every […]
Last night marked an epic moment for the Harlem Shake, when two viral filmmakers shot a massive version of the Internet meme in Times Square. By spreading the word through Reddit, other websites, and social media, the duo were able to get nearly 300 people to converge on the area a little after 7:30PM. After […]
If you’re a fan of the internet’s newest favorite meme and have been longing to participate, consider heading to Times Square tonight, where a Harlem Shake of epic proportions will be going down. Spotted on Reddit, the Harlem Shake shoot has 570 people attending according to Facebook, with an additional 165 “maybes,” at the time […]
With great power come allegations of punching a mom in Times Square. Philip Williams, the costumed Spider-Man in question, was arrested for assault when he hit the woman after she didn’t toss him some money after posing for a photo with her two kids. The mom came back with her husband, who started beating Williams […]
“Every year I send valentines. This year I won’t have to. Times Square will do it for me.” ARE YOU BEING SARCASTIC TRACEY EMIN? It’s your thing, right? That’s alright though. When the digital billboard versions of the famous British artist’s neon signage series I Promise To Love You go on view in Times Square this Friday, no […]
Sign of the Times is a recurring segment in which we head to Times Square and ask the people there what they think about current events. The hot topic on everyone’s minds and lips is gun control. Do we need more guns to protect children or less guns in general? The people in Times Square […]
Sign of the Times is a recurring segment in which we head to Times Square and ask the people there what they think about current events. Since Colorado and Washington passed pro-pot laws in November, the issue of weed legalization in the US has sparked up yet again. On one side we have countries in […]
