Lost City (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
This amazing-looking painted wall ad, seen from the Seneca Avenue subway platform in Ridgewood, is, in fact, a fake. So Forgotten NY tells us. It was painted in 1985 when they were filming the movie of Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs." Well, so it may be. But, you know, I don't care. It's a marvelous fake. I love the details, particular the stuff up top advertising the services of A....
Curbed (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
EAST VILLAGE— Tonight is the party to celebrate the completion of the new graffiti mural on the side of the tenement attached to the Cooper Square Hotel , and wowee zowee, there it is. We will now begin referring to the Coop as "Tropical Fantasy." [CurbedWire Staff] TIMES SQUARE, EAST VILLAGE, CHELSEA, STATEN ISLAND— The Landmarks Preservation Commission gave its stamp to five...
Wooster Collective (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
(click to enlarge) "Art, Advertising, Activism & Alchemy: The power of public art. The problem of ubiquitous, aggressive, and even illegal advertising. The renaissance of urban activism. The alchemical conversion of public spaces when these concerns meet. These four artists, with different but overlapping practices, represent the transformative intersection of art, advertising & activism....
Curbed (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
UPPER EAST SIDE— Attention, high society: The Surrey , the East 76th Street hotel known more for its prime UES location at Madison Avenue than anything else, is ready to raise the curtain on its uber-luxe face lift. The hotel is having a grand opening party on Thursday night. The website has some details on the renovation, including a new rooftop garden and a lobby bar serviced by Daniel Boulud....
GRAFFITOZ (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Photo of street art, urban graffiti, berlin wall
GRAFFITOZ (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Photo of street art, urban graffiti, berlin wall
GRAFFITOZ (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Photo of street art, urban graffiti, berlin wall
GRAFFITOZ (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Photo of street art, urban graffiti, berlin wall
GRAFFITOZ (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Photo of street art, urban graffiti, berlin wall
GRAFFITOZ (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Photo of street art, urban graffiti, berlin wall
GRAFFITOZ (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Photo of street art, urban graffiti, berlin wall
GRAFFITOZ (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Photo of street art, urban graffiti, berlin wall
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Alessandra Stanley: "Forty years on, this is your mother's Sesame Street, only better dressed and gentrified: … The famous set, brownstones and garbage bins, has lost the messy graffiti and gritty smudges of city life over the years. Now there are green spaces, tofu and yoga."...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Over the years, “Sesame Street,” which celebrates its 40th anniversary next week, has replaced the graffiti and gritty smudges of city life with green spaces, tofu and yoga.
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