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A piece of Soho advertising that had become a familiar and even beloved sight is gone from its Houston at Broadway spot: Bowery Boogie reports, "As of this morning, the DKNY mural at the corner of Houston and Broadway is gone. Painted a shade of brown. Although, the former lettering is still somewhat visible."
The wall is being painted brown by the building's new anchor retail tenant, Hollister—it will look something like this. Community Board 2 chairman Brad Hoylman said of the DKNY mural earlier this year, "While there's some nostalgia for the DKNY sign, it's not exactly the Domino Sugar factory." One resident said to NY1 last week, "It's going to be sad to see the World Trade Center not there, because it's like a reminder of the towers and a reminder of what the city used to look like." The DKNY mural after the jump:
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at least we can re-live it in the opening credits of NYPD Blue!
alright, now i'm fucking officially old. First, they remove the doghead chick with multiple titties from prince street and now this. What's next? the giant PSP on Houston?
One can only hope they get rid of the giant PSP. THAT is a bigger eyesore than the giant H&M Madonna mural across the street from a few years back.
One can only hope that they replace the giant PSP with the new PSP Go.
it's kind of a sad state of affairs when people get nostalgic about an ad. what's next? 'oh my god, i can't believe they closed the tasti delite that was on that episode of sex and the city?!? that's it - ny just isn't the same anymore... i'm leaving!'
People are nostalgic about it because the painting was of New York. It was particularly emotional because it featured the Twin Towers, where it invoked memories of another era that is gone forever. Nobody gives a shit that it said DKNY or was an ad.
i don't know anyone who's nostalgic for this sign - can you honestly say you do?
as someone who was born & raised in this city (now 30) I can honestly say that I always loved this quasi-landmark and am very nostalgic about it. I was also just talking to friends about this and know at least 5 people who feel the same way. Sorry virgil, but you're just wrong.
Pity this loss, for sure. It is a view from many blocks away. It's a landmark, and meeting place. Yes, this is a loss.
Pity this loss, for sure. It is a view from many blocks away. It's a landmark, and meeting place. Yes, this is a loss.
it'll be some lame abercrombie painting. :( life moves on.
Did the painters get their paint from some discount paint company going out of business? They could have at least bought the same color.
Wack.
The Californication of NY continues...
Next up: the Kentile sign gets torn down.
1988 when I was a youth of 16 I began to explore the city I lived in but had previously only known from movies, tv and holiday family shopping trips. I was just getting to know the village and won't bore you with how amazing it was then, but it was. Later I rode my bike down broadway on the way back across the bridge to Brooklyn, Crown Heights and beyond. Waiting for the light at houston i saw that DKNY ad and frankly had no idea what DKNY and was more intrested in how the image was created. I learned soon after about double exposure photography and the art of painted adverts on city buildings. but the image on that wall has been for over 20 years a tangible reminder of the start of my adulthood, my actual life as a new yorker and my discover of the many aspects of the city that was. yes it's an advertisement for a clothing brand but it advertises a different meaning to me.
And yes I WILL miss it.
Very sad virgil is a looser. Someone should paint over him.
i turned hos in ny onto dkny...
then i pee'd on em.