Astor Cube Replacement!

When the Astor Cube disappeared, a great disturbance was created in the hipster force- as if a million art students were all crying out at once. Thankfully, this rift has been repaired. Mohit writes in:

We would like to notify you that we are replacing the Astor Place Cube at 3.30 PM today. We have built a new Cube, which we have dubbed the jelloCube, out of PVC piping and concrete. In 1968 Bernard (Tiny) Rosenthal built the Astor Place Cube, one of the last commissioned work of public art by the City of New York. Today we are replacing people's Art.
Viva la Cube!

On the spot picture by Aaroneous on Flickr.

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By Jake Dobkin in Arts & Entertainment on March 14, 2005 7:31 PM

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msantram

it was fixed at 12.30. the jelloCube rides again! I met one of the "Rubix" Cube re-designers, and he loved it.

emily

it's broken.

-ellie.

Pah that lopsided tube cube! Loved when they rubixed the Alamo! Too bad it was only up for a day or so...I'm just glad I caught it! The cube apparently excites me!

P.S. Sacrificing bunnies would be bad.

smitty

i love the cube. represent. cube forever. cube and me are BFF.

msantram

I'm happy to report that the jelloCube is still standing. It's holding up to the winds and NY City life.

Kojak

I have no idea herewego. I try to avoid the word all together, even when describing people who think they're Hipsters. I call them yuppies.

UrbanDictionary of course has a great definition of the word Hipster.

"Someone who thinks that they are being "special" and "unique" for liking some underground bullshit no one else cares about. And they pointlessly look down on people who don't know anything about indie culture, because that's the only thing they know anything about. They're quick to call the rest of the world conformists when in reality, they are the ones conforming by partaking in a "too cool for mainstream so i am going to reject it by looking and acting like a grungy asshole" way of life only to seem uber-fashionable. They just end up looking like idiots."

Erich

Don't forget these geniuses and their really long set up to quick joke. CUBE

Saffron

How about a Sydney version of the Gothamist?

Roger Cormier

I suppose it's an improvement. Instead of being able to spin the cube when you're drunk you can climb it when you're drunk. Odds of injury are much higher now.

Kojak

Umm, yay?

Ok, great. Wonderful. Cheers.

Gothamist should make an event when they restore the cube to its rightful place, with food and entertainment since they LOVE this cube.

We should also sacrifice a bunny in front of the cube, and make offerings of cube like figures to please the cube lords.