Friday's parting shot

BKFoxx created this Muhammad Ali mural on Allen Street at Stanton ... a promotion for the upcoming Ken Burns/PBS documentary on the heavyweight champ...

Welcome to May

As seen on First Avenue and Second Street...

Today in ads for Zipcar on Astor Place

A reader shared the above photo from Astor Place this morning... showing a car under what's meant to be a mound of snow (remember when it used to snow here in the winter?)

Here's a closer look at what turns out to be an ad for Zipcar... here are photos via EVG Zipcar Ad Correspondent Steven ... showing some details on the snowbank...









Noticeably missing — a design by one of the many Penistrators ...

A moment or 2 with Bingo Bronson

Fans of Comedy Central's "Broad City" might appreciate this sighting yesterday of Bingo Bronson (Abbi's blue stuffed animal who comes to life) on Second Avenue at St. Mark's Place... part of a promo for "Broad City" merchandise.

Plus, bonus Bingo butt shot...



Not sure if Bingo made it to Whole Foods.

Photos by Derek Berg

[Updated] Honoring a kale blazer on St. Mark's Place

[Photo from November by Steven]

The Love Wall is no more on the side of Foot Gear Plus on St. Mark's Place at First Avenue... and going up today!



Woo, kale! Probably an ad for Naked's Kale Blazer flavor...



Photos by EVG Kale Correspondent Steven...

Updated 1/30

Progress report via Lola Sáenz ...



Updated 2/1

And because you wanted to see the final product...


[Photo by EVG Kale Correspondent Steven]

SantaCon signs of the times

[East 10th Street and 4th Avenue]


[Avenue A and East 11th Street]


[Phebe's, the Bowery and East 4th Street]


[East 10th Street]


[The Bowery and East 4th Street]

How you can score free pizza AND rodent repellent tomorrow at the 1st Avenue L stop

Via the EVG inbox®…

WHAT: New Yorker's are used to seeing rodents in the subway but commuters may see a few that are too big to ignore on their commute to work tomorrow morning.

WHO: The event is being sponsored by earthkind®, a North Dakota-based pest prevention company and the makers of the award-winning Stay Away® Rodent repellent that’s proven to keep rodents out of indoor areas, safely and naturally.

WHERE: Giant mice will be greeting commuters at the E. 86th Street and W. 72nd Street subway stations before heading down to Pizza Rat’s home base at the First Avenue L station for an authentic NYC lunch of, you guessed it, pizza! Free samples of Stay Away Rodent® will be given to the first 5000 riders who greet the mice and give them a warm, NYC welcome!

WHEN: Thursday, November 12th from 7:30 am to 1:30 pm

WHY: The earthkind® mice are on a mission to teach New Yorkers how to keep “pizza rat” and other uninvited guests [ED NOTE: Family members?] out of NYC hi-rises, brownstones and homes without using poisons.

From St. Mark's Place to 'Moonbeam City'

EVG TV Show Mural correspondent Steven has been watching the progress along the wall outside Footgear Plus on First Avenue at St. Mark's Place... where work started on an ad for the new Comedy Central animated series "Moonbeam City," a sendup of 1980s cop shows, back on Wednesday (above)...





... and here's a look at the final product... an ode to the art-deco stylings of Patrick Nagel...

Seeing double on the Bowery

At East Fourth Street. Make sense?

And at least someone finally replaced this ad.

Long-vacant Bowery retail space resorts to scotch ads; Claire Forlani's giant billboard hand terrorizes me

On the Bowery and Bond, the Washington Mutual closed in the corner space back in March 2009. And it has remained empty.

While the space awaits a new tenant, it's now being used to sell some Dewar's...

As AdWeek noted of the tagline, The Drinking Man's Scotch Preferred by English Women with Scottish accents.

And these ads, featuring actress Claire Forlani, give me the creeps. Rather, that GIANT HAND on the billboard on Lafayette and Great Jones gives me the creeps. It's like some B-movie severed hand prop.

But as creepy as Harrison Ford's head...?

[January 2010]

Look back in angora

THE NOTORIOUS L.I.B.E.R.A.T.I.O.N. favorite Lana Del Rey Cemusa-ed on Second Avenue.

Oh, and on Avenue C...

Headline hat tip here.

State of Grace

Here on the St. Mark's Place at Avenue A ... outside the Sushi Lounge... Bobby Williams kept tabs on a new ad in the works...

Yes please...

Michael White now hiring at Nicoletta

Yesterday, we took a look at the incoming Michael White pizzeria on Second Avenue at 10th Street ...

Anyway, a reader sent us a link to a Craigslist ad ... apparently, if you're interested, they're hiring front-of-the-house positions... Per Craigslist: "Focused on pizza and Italian cuisine, we are seeking staff to share in our love of food, passion for service, and desire to develop a new brand offering the highest levels of quality, hospitality and professionalism."

Bonus ad except for host/hostess: "Able to multitask while remaining calm and hospitable."

Noted

Ad spotted on First Avenue for restaurant/bar/lounge Sons of Essex down on Essex Street...

Rejected headlines:
• Choke your chicken at Sons of Essex
• The Waffle and Cock Show
• And now, a photo of an ad showing a woman suggestively biting a waffle and clutching poultry between her legs while squatting

There are pieces of Kate Moss all over the East Village

You've seen those Kate Moss ads for Supreme seemingly everywhere the last few days...

We've seen people try to pull these things off the plywood for souvenirs...

...and workers charged with keeping the construction sites ad-free...

... as a result, there are bit and pieces of the ads on a lot of sidewalks this morning...

Where to get your 100-ounce beer today on Avenue A

Cafetasia on Avenue A. Photo sent along by Shawn Chittle.

Marilyn Monroe Stumps for the Sock Man

Have you seen these ads around for the Sock Man?






I thought for sure that the Sock Man would use Chloe Sevigny for the ad.