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- Keith Haring's Pop Shop on Lafayette St. is set to close its doors at the end of the month. The store, famous for its wraparound mural among other things, has been open for 19 years. If you're looking for discounted Haring merchandise, now is your chance.
- Poor babies. The Times has a piece on New Yorker's who settle for the Upper East Side.
- 40 years ago today the Beatles filled Shea stadium, played for 35 minutes, and went from a pop group to a "legend." Good timing then that Lennon: The Musical opens tonight.
- Philadelphia is the new Brooklyn. The Times even goes so far as to call it the "sixth borough." Here we always thought that Miami was the sixth borough.
- And in case you forgot, the NYC Fringe Festival continues! Go!
Photograph by Charles Dolfi-Michels
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this is just further confirmation that that times is jsut completely retarded. i mean cmon, isnt new jersey the 6th borough? as a native jerseyan im pissed, and if i was philly id be pissed too. philly is a city of strong character that wouldnt stand for "brooklynization", whatever that crap is.whats next, is bayonne the new real estate heat bomb waiting to explode?. i hate the times and the baseless "life" writing is prints. seriously.
The Haring Pop Shop closing is sad. Especially since there is now a ginormous Adidas shop across the street (Haring wore them) and a Swatch store a block away (Haring designed for them).
Can't belive how much this city is just becoming one large open-air mall.
The times is a social climbing fucking toolfest.
Having lived in Philly for 5 years during University, I can honestly say that it is no where near becoming a borough. The whole purpose of the boroughs is that they unite to form NYC (like Voltron). Philly is an urban wasteland. It has all the problems of a major metropolis but none of the charm. It is surrounded on all sides by extreme poverty and crime and the arts scene (thriving in its own right) is overshadowed by the bizarre pride the people have for their city.
I grew up in the shadow of New York, Jerseyside, and yet I am still offended that Philly is becoming the New Brooklyn. I should tell my mother, she grew up in BKLYN. In short, don't go to Philly, there's nothing there but a wannabe NYC.
That "settling" for the Upper East Side article was positively vomit-inducing. I'm not a society matron and I'd love to live up there - you're close to the park, it's quiet, crime is relatively low. I'll take that any day of the week over being surrounded by a bunch of tedious hipsters.