Inutilious Retailer
Slate’s New Expanded Store at 151 Ludlow Nets a (Temporary) Tenant with ‘CHRISHABANA’
Posted September 4, 2019 at 5:08 am
The renovated, more expansive retail space at 151 Ludlow Street is primed for occupancy, but nothing permanent yet. The first entrant to occupy is a trendy jewelry pop-up for CHRISHABANA. Based in a studio at 80 Bowery, CHRISHABANA prides itself on being a “punk rock” fashion. “Since its debut in 2008, the label is known […]
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Artist Ed Higgins of the ‘Rivington School’ Celebrates 40 Years on Ludlow Street with New Mural
Posted December 12, 2016 at 5:11 am
The Rivington School underground art collective of the 1980s, and its founders, are now commemorated in a new mural on Ludlow Street. Ed Higgins III has lived in a Ludlow Street tenement since 1976. Forty years. You’ve probably seen him and his artwork around the neighborhood, but never thought twice about it. Namely, the “wingnut” […]
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Dana Foley and Andrea Linett Open Holiday Vintage Pop-up at 151 Ludlow Street
Posted November 4, 2016 at 5:08 am
Boutique proprietor Dana Foley returned to Hell Square this week. The onetime co-owner of Foley + Corinna on Stanton Street just opened her latest operation around the corner. She teamed up with former founding creative director of Lucky Magazine (and Lower East Side denizen) Andrea Linett for a temporary holiday pop-up shop at 151 Ludlow Street. It’s […]
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Capturing the ‘Inutilious Retailer’ Before the Ludlow Store Shutters and the Building is Upscaled
Posted July 29, 2016 at 5:18 am
It’s last call for the Ludlow Street store that sold nothing. The Inutilious Retailer at 151 Ludlow Street – where people can take anything from the store but must create replacement art to swap – is closing on Sunday. Photographer Nick McManus captured a few images from the final days and sent them along. Here’s one. […]
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Reader Report: 151-153 Ludlow Changes Hands, Fate of Stores Hangs in the Balance
Posted July 25, 2016 at 5:11 am
We spoke too soon. Local fans of free art might be sad to learn that the Inutlious Retailer won’t survive the summer. The fundraiser kickstarted earlier this month to help will rent was for naught. British photographer Adrian Wilson, the shop’s owner, explained in an email that his lease on 151 Ludlow Street terminates on […]
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Go Pokémon Somewhere Else, Says Ludlow Street Retailer
Posted July 13, 2016 at 5:16 am
The Inutilius Retailer on Ludlow Street wants you to know that Pokémon Go is not welcome in the store. On the block, too, for that matter. Never one to mince words, owner Adrian Wilson attached this sign in his windows yesterday afternoon as a response to the flood of iZombies searching for Pokémon around Hell […]
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Still with Nothing to Sell, Popular ‘Inutilious Retailer’ Seeks Donations to Stay Afloat
Posted June 21, 2016 at 5:19 am
Not surprisingly, a store with nothing for sale is tough on the bottom line. Nevertheless, the Inutlious Retailer soldiers on, forever beckoning customers to the Lower East Side for (bartered) free art. Now its owner, Adrian Wilson, seeks monetary assistance to stay afloat for at least the next six months. Wilson signed a lease at […]
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Ludlow Retailer Backs Artist RIME in Copyright Fight Against Moschino and Jeremy Scott
Posted May 10, 2016 at 9:23 am
Many fashion designers out there seemingly think that the public nature of street art, illegal or not, grants a fair use to appropriate in fashion collections. Not the case, despite the reasonable expectation that the art would be widely shared. The problem is when companies and brands swipe the work for monetary gain and don’t […]
