Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

Mounted to the side of 176 Rivington Street, overlooking Nathan Straus Playground, is this rotting piece of artwork.  It portrays a blue Puerto Rican flag with an inscription in Spanish reading, “tell the drugs, no, and life, yes.”

Boogie reader Rob Carmona sent us the following report regarding a man found dead on Delancey yesterday afternoon:
Hey guys, a male subject was found dead in their parked vehicle on Delancey St. btwn Ridge & Attorney St’s. The man was slumped over on top of his steering wheel. When Police from the 7th Precinct arrived, [...]

[Photo via Barry Yanowitz]

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