Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Honoring the late downtown legend Patti Astor at Astor Place

The downtown 6 stop at Astor Place is now full of tributes to the late Patti Astor, as these photos via an EVG readers show ...
The tribute is courtesy the East Village-based The Lisa Project. 

Astor died on April 9 at her home in Hermosa Beach, Calif. She was 74.

Per The New York Times:
Patti Astor, the downtown Manhattan "It" girl, indie film star and co-founder of Fun Gallery, the scruffy East Village storefront space that in the early 1980s nurtured young graffiti artists like Futura2000, Zephyr, Lee Quinones, Lady Pink and Fab 5 Freddy, as well as showcasing artists like Keith Haring, Kenny Scharf and Jean-Michel Basquiat...

6 comments:

Trixie said...

I love it. That's such a sweet gesture. Rest in Peace Patti.

Anonymous said...

Very cool and glad some kind soul paid tribute. Won't be long before the MTA removes it.

Anonymous said...

The decals on the poles/columns are cool, but did they really need to paint on the station signage terra cotta?

Anonymous said...

Yes it was a must

Anonymous said...

Authorized by MTA? Otherwise, it's vandalism.

Anonymous said...

Such a shock. Heart breaking. She really brought a new vibrant art movement in the city