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...
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6 comments:

  1. TrixieApril 18, 2024 at 8:34 AM

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

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  2. AnonymousApril 18, 2024 at 10:37 AM

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

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  3. AnonymousApril 18, 2024 at 11:46 AM

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

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  4. AnonymousApril 19, 2024 at 9:22 AM

    Authorized by MTA? Otherwise, it's vandalism.

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  5. AnonymousApril 19, 2024 at 12:35 PM

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

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