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How Would You Tag The Mad Men Subway Poster?

How Would You Tag The Mad Men Subway Poster?
       

AMC's beloved (if not highly rated) advertising soap opera Mad Men returns March 25. But you probably already knew that, since the cable network has plastered our subway system with almost entirely blank ads for the show—the perfect canvas for aspiring subway ad men to work on, right? more ›

The Muppets Jump On <em>Twilight</em> Bandwagon

The Muppets Jump On Twilight Bandwagon

Luckily, we can never tire of the Muppets, so it's totally fine with us that they've been jamming this new movie down our throats for nearly a year now. In their latest move to captivate the audience prior to the big opening day (Thanksgiving), the fun-loving creatures have channeled their darker side. Their new posters have them dressed up as characters from another movie coming out this week, Twilight: Breaking Dawn, which our little cousin tells us is the first part of the two part big screen finale for that series. Are you on Team Edward, or Team Green (that's Kermit, of course)? more ›

Battle Of The Boroughs Part II: Staten Island, Queens, The Bronx Get In On The Action

Battle Of The Boroughs Part II: Staten Island, Queens, The Bronx Get In On The Action
    

Earlier this week Manhattan and Brooklyn were sparring through posters, and we asked readers to send in some of their own to get the other boroughs in the mix. Here are a few of our favorites! (Poor Staten Island.) more ›

Battle Of The Boroughs: Brooklyn And Manhattan Bring On Fightin' Words

Battle Of The Boroughs: Brooklyn And Manhattan Bring On Fightin' Words

The never-ending battle between Brooklyn and Manhattan continues, this time with a poster war. It all began when Brooklyn's Fourth Floor Print Shop called Manhattan U-G-L-Y, which was met with a response that only Brian Williams could love (knocking on the borough's fixation with everything artisinal). The response actually came from James Campbell Taylor, who told Vanishing NY he was compelled to fight back "after growing tired of such tiresome jabs towards Manhattan. What began as a form of reverse snobbery is in many cases revealing itself as sheer ignorance. Whatever you say about this island—and the well-documented changes it's going through—it remains undeniably one of the most wondrous places in the Western World." more ›

Do These Posters Really Rep Greenpoint And Williamsburg "Proper"?

Do These Posters Really Rep Greenpoint And Williamsburg "Proper"?

Do these posters "rep Greenpoint and Williamsburg proper"? (Last time someone tried to visually interpret the neighborhood... the Russian Orthodox Cathedral folk didn't take too kindly to it.) Greenpointers claim they are amazing, and are now selling these highly specified towards a certain demographic snapshots of the neighborhoods for just 30 bucks a piece. They note the Greenpoint version includes "the Rite-Aid disco ball leftover from the days of the roller rink, the G train, McCarren Park pool, graffiti, even our Polish pride water tower." (But no digester eggs!) And of course, there's a token beer bottle floating in Newtown Creek. more ›

Were Park Slope Parents Offended By A Little Skin?

Were Park Slope Parents Offended By A Little Skin?

Earlier this week FIPS reported that Babeland (the lovable sex toy shop in both Brooklyn and Manhattan) had plastered "every construction fence in the 4th/5th Ave area with a wall of giant advertising posters featuring a tattooed, probably-naked-but-still-suitable-for-MTV/CW, couple ready for a roll in the hay." They noted that after the posters went up, they came down immediately as the Park Slope prudes didn't want their babies to spot them on the way to the bar. The site didn't have an image of the poster, but we just got our hands on one... and we've seen more skin on Sesame Street! more ›

Guerrilla Subway Etiquette Posters: Don't Be Gross Or Rude

Guerrilla Subway Etiquette Posters: Don't Be Gross Or Rude

Now here are some subway signs we support! Artist jayshells surveyed people on their top (non-MTA related) pet-peeves while riding the subway, and instead of taking the complaints to the internet, he's addressing them offline. more ›

Time's Up! History Added to NYU Archives

 

In recent years, the lefty activist group Time's Up has been widely associated with the monthly Critical Mass bicycle rides in Manhattan—a source of ongoing acrimony between police and cyclists. But the group, started by environmental activist Bill DiPaola back in 1987, has had a green finger in a wide array of progressive causes beyond cycling advocacy. Now Time's Up's wide-ranging agenda over the past two decades has been underscored by the recent acquisition of a trove of Time's Up documents by the Tamiment Library at NYU. more ›

More From the NYC Street Advertising Takeover

       

As we mentioned yesterday, teams of whitewashers clashed with a postering company during the second New York Street Advertising Takeover. The takeover, convened by the Public Ad Campaign, aimed to to take back hundreds of advertising locations that "wild posting" company NPA has placed around the city. more ›

45 Year Old Posters Surface on Harlem Wall

45 Year Old Posters Surface on Harlem Wall

As an old building at 117th and Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Harlem gets renovated, some pieces of the past are surfacing. Joe Schumacher recently discovered these three old posters, one for a supreme court judge election in Manhattan and the Bronx, another unidentifiable one, and finally one for British Invasion band the Dave Clark 5's performance at the now-closed Paramount Theater. What a nice urban archaeology find! Allegedly the DC5 played the Paramount around the time of one of their many appearances on the Ed Sullivan show in early 1964, just before the theater closed—making these posters about 45 years old! more ›

Supreme's Lou Reed Campaign Gets a Touch-Up

Supreme's Lou Reed Campaign Gets a Touch-Up

Recently the New York label Supreme posterbombed neighborhoods with their Spring/Summer 2009 campaign. The posters are simple, featuring a photo of musician Lou Reed (shot by Terry Richardson) wearing a Supreme t-shirt (accessorized with aviator sunglasses and a smug expression). Street artist Faile has now altered the images, with a tiger face in place of Lou's, and the word "Vanity" in place of "Supreme." Upgrade? more ›

The Real Sarah Marshalls Speak Out

The Real Sarah Marshalls Speak Out

Observant New Yorkers may have noticed that someone's got an ax to grind with Sarah Marshall. There are posters all over town telling the woman that she is maternally hated, she sucks, and that yes, she does look fat in those jeans. The posters are part of an ad campaign promoting the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall, featuring Kristen Bell as an ex-girlfriend who is difficult to forget. In a city the size of New York, however, there are the inevitable actual Sarah Marshalls, who can't help but notice they're being harangued by name all over town. more ›

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