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Crafty.
Recently there was a small rash of discussion about ‘corporate’ graffiti, in response to a couple of projects. The most notable examples were a single Time Magazine billboard, and several iterations of the same ad for the launch the new Hummer. I never saw the Time billboard in person (I don’t even know if it […]
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Today.
Today is a distressing timely moment to pause briefly to reflect on both the principles and plans, as well as our actions, in response to tragedy. Though phrases like “things will never be the same” or “never forget”, “always remember” or other similar sentiments will be liberally deployed as a visceral, emotional salve, the painful […]
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“What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What’s the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?”
There’s not much to be said here. Fury obviates eloquence. We are watching a city, along with literally thousands of its most needy residents, die in slow motion. There is no mystery, no confusion. We know where they are, we know what they need, we know where the materials and services are that can alleviate […]
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A Tale of Two Ferry (Terminals), Part Two: St. George
If the ferry terminal on the Manhattan side imposes itself awkwardly on Battery Park, the new terminal at St. George, in Staten Island, manages the diametric opposite: most of the time one is hard pressed to find it. Like the other side, this side as a somewhat colorful history. After sticking his nose in Manhattan […]
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A Tale of Two Ferry (Terminals), Part One: South Ferry.
It’s been said for several months that the new Staten Island Ferry has been complete, but it hardly looks that way. When the ‘official’ announcement occurred the sign wasn’t even finished. Now, at least that much as has been done, but visiting it still leaves you with a sense of incompleteness, not the least of […]
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Fuck you heroes.
So last night I was privy to a bit of lore heretofore a mystery to me: how does all that graffiti — excuse me, street art — happen? When do such luminaries as Neckface find the opportunity to execute their craft? Well, if you are walking past 240 E 2nd Street at around 11:05 PM […]
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If I had a shovel in the mornin’, I’d… hand out some government money in the evening.
The Real Estate has been pretty closely tracking what’s going on with Goldman Sachs new tower in Battery Park City, which has quickly morphed from the only commercial development in downtown that wasn’t awash in government pump-priming into yet another poorly negotiated handout that will continue to unwind in entirely unsuspenseful fits and starts until […]
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Wednesday Lore: Boy, I sure do miss the Pyramid.
If it weren’t for Starbucks, what would be have to complain about? Well, I’d have plenty, but I don’t know about the rest of you. The end of hipster civilization (LES, oughts edition) as we know it occurred last week, when the dreaded green awning appeared over a storefront somewhere on the frontier (I believe […]
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Good Tidings.
I’m predisposed to like the work of Lewis Tsurumaki Lewis, even though in my first encounter — their submission to the 2000 Cooper-Hewitt Triennial — I found to be overly fussy (I say this not with critical authority, I just think prejudices should be clearly stated). Subsequent projects, most explicated via exquisite hand drawn perspectives, […]
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Bangladesh? The new axis of evil.