Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

Deitch Projects in SoHo is busy with one of its final gallery events before an anticipated June closure.  Dubbed Bowery Boys, the exhibition features new paintings by Rosson Crow, and will run though March 27.  And, as reported a couple months ago, the concrete canvas that they maintain at the corner of Bowery and East [...]

A recent L Magazine story about the upcoming closure of Deitch Projects in SoHo (June 1 deadline) uncovers intel regarding a new mural to replace Os Gêmeos at the corner of Houston and Bowery.  It seems Shepard Fairey was given the nod to put his official stamp on the neighborhood.

With winter now upon us, it’s time to revive our on-again-off-again street steam series.  On a recent Sunday night, two Con Edison workers were conducting some sewer maintenance outside the stalled construction site at 324-326 Grand Street.  Aside from their bulky equipment, the street was rather empty; not many people were on the sidewalks.  The [...]

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Like a proper scavenger hunt, we’ve been on the prowl for the other half of the Obey Giant wheat-paste first spotted on Grand Street last week.  Well, it’s now accounted for – glued to the north-facing facade of 143 Ludlow.  Rest easy, folks.  Order has been restored in the universe.

Half an Obey Giant surfaced on Grand Street the other day, glued to the splintered plywood of 324-326 Grand Street.  Behind the artwork, the stalled construction site remains little more than a slab of eroding concrete.  So much for a the luxury condos (eighteen stories) and swank hotel (seven stories).

Meanwhile, around the corner on Ludlow, [...]