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Urban anthropologists Andy & Carolyn London interview some of New York City’s “more overlooked citizens”.
18 West 11th Street; the site of the Weatherman explosion. The New York Times recalls the blast:
Neither of the women had much on in the way of clothes as they ran out. One had apparently been taking a shower, and the other had been ironing. As the fire trucks pulled up, a neighbor let them in to clean up and gave them clothes. Then they left, coolly heading to the subway.
Before long, the details of the bomb-making emerged. “Shortly after that,” Mr. Lockwood recalled recently, “I started getting visits — one from the New York Fire Department and two from the F.B.I.” His friends at Princeton were nonchalant. The Federal Bureau of Investigation agents found him at his eating club. The second time they showed up, someone yelled, “Charlie, the F.B.I.’s here again.” read on
Worth as much time as the title suggests.
The New York Times on 54 Indiviuals. (through sounds and images)
The magic old piano Tom Hanks jumped on back in the Big era may have to pack up and find a new gig. Read specifics here.
The problem is, after whopping deals for Fifth Avenue flagships by Zara and Uniqlo, “fair market value” has increased dramatically. While the 60,000 square foot store has been at the GM Building since 1986, its previous location since 1931 was across 58th street in the space currently occupied by Bergdorf Goodman’s Men’s Store.
Wow, it’s entire era has passed FAO by as the other big box stores open and close. Apple opens. We are talking primo real estate here kids.
Toy Story 4 the revenge of FAO?
The New York Times weighs in on the 200th Birthday of the map that made New York City. Not everyone loved it either. It’s stood the test of time and lays intact.
“Two hundred years ago on Tuesday, the city’s street commissioners certified the no-frills street matrix that heralded New York’s transformation into the City of Angles — the rigid 90-degree grid that spurred unprecedented development, gave birth to vehicular gridlock and defiant jaywalking, and spawned a new breed of entrepreneurs who would exponentially raise the value of Manhattan’s real estate.”
Arthur Miller, Marilyn Monroe, Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Mark Twain, Jean-Paul Sartre, Frida Kahlo and Tennessee Williams.
These are a few of my favorite names…
The New York Times talks about the Chelsea Hotel. The history. Murder, drugs, Louis Vuitton trunks, tourists, raising rents…
“Times changed, the area around the Chelsea grew up, but the hotel is not keeping pace,” Mr. Brounstein said. Expenses are rising, he added, but rent-stabilized units are diminishing the income stream. Residents also said the place seemed to have trouble filling its 226 rooms, though Mr. Tamasar said that occupancy had hovered at 84 percent.
“The thing about that New York Times request to commingle Milton Glaser’s logo with other slogans or Brands was that many if not all of the submissions did not follow the assignment! That alone was funny.
I loved the submissions especially the pretzel one and I think there were two of them. One in red and the other was a picture of an actual pretzel in place of the heart. How did I decide on the my design? The first thing that popped into my head was my friend Andre Betz who works in New York at his own company Bugedit. He wears the characteristic nerdy glasses and he is like the epitome of a successful sheik nerd. Actually, I think his glasses kind of define him. That and he is bald on most of his head, but he looks good bald. not like most of us. I have this kind of game I play with him where I send him Photoshopped images of pictures- I randomly find on the internet-referring to his glasses or him in some way. Basically, I like to poke fun at him, but it is because he is easy to make fun of and sometimes I think he needs a little more fun and not take himself too seriously. Actually the same is true for myself. One was of him as Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes. I found this image on the internet of an older Calvin holding a stuffed animal of Hobbes. I made him bald with some silly badly drawn wisps of hair on his head and also stuck in an iphone and earphones and a set of Audi carkeys in his hand. I sent it to Andre. He loved it and put it as his profile picture. So back to Logo. I searched for an image of the quintessential nerdy glasses on Google images. Found one at a decent resolution and saved it. Brought it into Photoshop. Cut out all the white around and inside the glasses and then copied it and pasted it onto the I Heart NY logo. I mean it was quick and dirty. I sent it to Andre immediately after. Incidentally, I got no response from him on this one. But I am going to send it to him again. I like the design, I think I mis-labeled it when I put in “I love Nerds in New York” I think it should read. I Love Nerdy New York. Oh well, It was fun.”
Andrew Hopkins-Lisle is a Sculptor and Painter who was born in New York and is a New Yorker even though he lives currently in Portland, Maine with his Photographer wife Grace and daughter GiGi. He is a graduate of The School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Tufts University. His favorite thing to do in New York is to ride the Subway and draw the unsuspecting passengers between stops. His most notable sculptural works are a Giant Brain Model for Harvard Medical School and MIT, and a Portrait of Ali Akbar Khan, one of India’s most famous musicians. Currently, he is working on a series of multiple 5″ x 7″ Aluminum Panels that include four letter text and etchings that will make-up a linear aluminum wall sculpture.
Dozens of Ways to ♥ New York.Via The New York Times: “Now that JetBlue Airways is using Milton Glaser’s famous “I ♥ NY” logo in a new advertising campaign, The Times asked readers to imagine commingling Mr. Glaser’s logo with other New York brands or slogans.”
“Milton Glaser’s “I Heart NY” is the eponymous rebus for Gotham. As an artist, I have painted many of Manhattan’s landmarks, on location, becoming part of the fabric of the city. The instant I heard about the New York Times redesign project, I knew I had to get in on this.First, I brought Glaser’s original image into Photoshop.
After selecting all four shapes, I then selected the inverse and clicked delete — revealing a simple template. Next, I took snippets of my location paintings, and began inserting them into the background. After some trial and error, I chose four paintings near and dear to my heart. The top two icons include sky, the bottom two show purely architecture… this was a dialectic visual cue to create depth.
“All in, this design allowed me to share my love of every inch of this city, from Battery Park to the Upper, Upper East Side.”
The “I” features the Woolworth Building at night, which was painted from the 32nd floor of 7 World Trade Center; the Heart is made up of the skyline from Time Out New York’s 12th floor office; the “N” is the 59th Street Apple Store; and the “Y” is The Guggenheim. Each painting captures important views and experiences in my life.
The Woolworth Building was my first night painting, and provided a true opportunity to soak up the evolving World Trade Center rebirth. There is something indescribably peaceful about painting the sparkling lights. Following being named Time Out New York’s Most Creative New Yorker in December 2009, Time Out agreed to let me paint their stunning view.
Spending a few weeks at TONY HQ truly illuminated how hard everyone works to give New York a list of what’s hot each week. Behind the Apple Store lies the GM building, where I was part of a team that closed a 500 million dollar construction loan. The closing took 48 hours… I remember the sun setting, rising, setting and rising again before we were done. And, of course, The Guggenheim, a building I intend to paint every summer for the next twenty years (this is painting number two.)
All in, this design allowed me to share my love of every inch of this city, from Battery Park to the Upper, Upper East Side.”
Borbay. Voted Time Out New York’s Most Creative New Yorker in 2009, Upper East Side artist Borbay has painted on-location around the world, including The Guggenheim, TriBeCa Grand, Woolworth Building, Elaine’s, Chrysler Building, Hancock Tower (Chicago) and San Marco Cathedral (Milan). His work is composed of collaged New York Post headlines, and layer upon layer of acrylic paint. Driven to capture the actuality of society, this series visually displays the paradox of love, lust, murder, sex, sports, betrayal, triumph, religion, rape and politics in one place… concepts any person reading a daily newspaper will see juxtaposed without a second thought.
His architectural impressionist collage paintings have been featured in Time Out New York , Wall Street Journal Japan, New York Post, Whitewall, The Huffington Post and more. Carlos Fresneda of El Mundo recently penned, “The undisputed kings of the season are undoubtedly Banksy, Shepard Fairey and Mr. Brainwash, backed this week by the new local hero, Jason Borbay , re-inventor (of) collage.” Process-driven, Borbay shares the creation of each piece through social media, posting frequent updates to his blog, Twitter, LinkedIn andFacebook accounts. If art plus social media is the new frontier, Borbay intends to be at the forefront. His works have been acquired for private collections around the world; as well as the permanent corporate collections of Red Bull, Pabst Blue Ribbon and BEVFORCE.
Get on it and follow @borbay
Dozens of Ways to ♥ New York.Via The New York Times: “Now that JetBlue Airways is using Milton Glaser’s famous “I ♥ NY” logo in a new advertising campaign, The Times asked readers to imagine commingling Mr. Glaser’s logo with other New York brands or slogans.”
Wow; there is a stunning interactive feature by the New York Times on the Subway. I loved this photo by William Sauro, shot in 1981, capturing the true essence of the grainy graffiti and the three windows with a million different stories. Deep down under the subterranean world.
This is another skid-row landmark one won’t forget– especially during my four years in Hells Kitchen. Ah, the Playpen which seemed to be spared of the Times Square clean-up. The New York Times wrote a nice farewell to the eighth avenue establishment which certainly lived a long life until 2007. It’s the gallery of photos is most impressive; shows off the theatre’s structure and history. Certainly to all be part of another grand commercial scheme by Tisch. This old New Yorker won’t forget walking by many days with iced coffee or on her way home from work.
(images: New York Times)
