Showing posts with label Astor Place. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Astor Place. Show all posts
Saturday, April 6, 2024

Today in giant Inflatables of Ice Spice on Astor Place

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Photo by Derek Berg   ICYMI: A super-sized replica of Ice Spice on Astor Place today to promote the rapper's Alexander Wang collection.
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Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Cover Cube

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ICYMI: The Cube (aka Alamo) graces this week's cover of The New Yorker .  Jorge Colombo is the cover artist... you can read a short Q...
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Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Noted

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Photo by Steven  From this morning on Astor Place... when the Baby Trump balloon made a pitstop on Astor Place... the 19-foot-tall diaper-c...
Wednesday, July 19, 2023

When the Cube returned to Astor Place late Monday night

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Photos by Lawrence Lee   The Cube (aka Alamo) is back in working (spinning) order on Astor Place after being away for two-plus months for r...
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Tuesday, July 18, 2023

[Updated] The Cube returns to Astor Place — and ready to spin again

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The Cube (aka Alamo) is back on Astor Place (as of last night) after spending the past two-plus months in the shop — not to mention an art f...
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Saturday, July 8, 2023

Saturday's parting shot

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Photo by Derek Berg   A moment with Wolfspeak today on Astor Place... performing during the annual WitchsFest USA.
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Thursday, May 18, 2023

The Cube will return to Astor Place this summer — but not before a spin to the Hamptons

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Just after midnight on May 8 , workers  whisked away the Cube (aka Alamo) from Astor Place for repairs, with an expected return mid-summer. ...
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Tuesday, May 9, 2023

On Astor Place, the cube will BRB to spin again

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After midnight, a crew whisked away the cube (aka Alamo) from Astor Place for repairs... with a return expected mid-summer. As the Time...
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Friday, April 7, 2023

A visit with Chris Santana, the bookseller of Astor Place

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Photos and text by Stacie Joy  When we last checked in with Chris Santana, the bookseller of Astor Place had just released a rousing Christm...
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Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Paper trail: Yaeji at Astor Place

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Photos by Stacie Joy  In case you were wondering about the line at the Astor Place newsstand outside the downtown 6 on Sunday afternoon (are...
Saturday, January 7, 2023

Saturday's parting shot

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A moment today on Astor Place via Derek Berg ...
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Monday, January 2, 2023

On Astor Place, a yearn to spin again

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Unless you haven't walked through Astor Place in the past 13 or so months, then you likely know that the cube (aka Alamo) has been out...
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Wednesday, December 7, 2022

It's 'Time for Christmas' with the book man of Astor Place

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Chris Santana, aka "the book man of Astor Place," has released this seasonal single — going as SantanaClaus — filmed from his s...
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Saturday, October 15, 2022

Saturday's opening crane shot

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Some reader reports of some early-morning crane action on Astor Place... on Eighth Street adjacent to 770 Broadway... perhaps something r...
Tuesday, October 4, 2022

A new art installation on Astor Place honors playwright-activist Lorraine Hansberry

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A new production of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" is underway at the Public Theater on Lafayette.  Coinciding ...
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Sunday, July 17, 2022

Raise your spirits: At WitchsFest 2022 on Astor Place

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Images by Stacie Joy  The annual WitchsFest 2022 took place yesterday IRL on Astor Place between Lafayette and Broadway (there were virtual...
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Tuesday, May 17, 2022

The Alamo is free on Astor Place (though it's not ready to spin)

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ICYMI: Workers removed the barricades surrounding the Alamo on Astor Place late last week. (Noted here and here on Saturday.)  As previo...
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