The Astor Place Cube has been christened.
photo: Joe Preston
After getting spruced up and sanitized almost a year ago by the Village Alliance BID for the new, more controlled, and semi-privatized Astor Place, The Alamo has finally attracted some good old-fashioned chaos. In yellow spray paint. With a Pac-Man and a heart.
Unless, of course, that's some stealthy authentrification.
Happy end of summer.
And Grieve reports -- the private forces of the Village Alliance have already been on it:
Needs more cowbell.
ReplyDeleteReal New York artists do not vandalize another artist’s work. 10-1 the vandal just arrived from Wiscotucky in the past 2 years.
ReplyDeleteGuess there are a lot of non-real New York artists out there.
DeleteHi! Saw you on NY1. Cafe Orlin has been opened for more than 30 years is closing it's doors in October. Thought you'd be interested. It's located on stmarks and 2nd ave.
ReplyDeleteDoes no one remember the painted "Imagine" on that very same cube a few decades ago?
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