Monday, May 19, 2008

Toy Tower Falls Today

My tipster tells me the Parks Department is in the 6B Garden right now and is dismantling Eddie Boros' Tower of Toys today until 2:00. They will continue tomorrow morning at 8:00 until it's finished.



The big orange cherry picker is picking away, dumping a piece of East Village history into the toy-gathering Dumpster of Death. Sob.

Just in: Curbed has lots of gruesome pics and reports the workers are letting tower-lovers walk away with souvenirs. Get 'em while they last!

As an aside, last week NY Mag offered an IM of mixed emotions about the tower. And may I say to Cristal that "it made me think of RENT" is not a good reason to love the Toy Tower. "Eek! Shit-covered toys hanging from the sky," however, is a pretty good reason.
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 19, 2008 at 1:09 PM

    I was just there and indeed they are working on it--saw a lot of people gathered and sorry to see the tower go--bye--I remember when it was erected--RIP

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  2. AnonymousMay 19, 2008 at 5:00 PM

    boo hoo hoo

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