Not a fan of regular graffiti? Well what about polite graffiti? In other words: cutesy street art. WWD reports that Rome-based visual artist Finley is making at least two city dumpsters less of an eyesore today (though we suppose that depends on your taste). more ›

Gino, an old school restaurant on the Upper East Side famous for its zebra wallpaper, chicken cacciatore, and "greatest generation" clientele, is in trouble. Profits have gone down by as much as 70 percent in the last couple of years, and owners and unionized workers have been unable to reach an agreement on a new contract. One of the employees tells City Room that although workers rejected the owners' final proposal, a mysterious buyer is interested in acquiring Gino, which opened in 1945. It's all very speculative at this point, but whatever happens, at least we'll have The Royal Tenenbaums to remember it by. more ›

Wallpaper designer A. J. Bocchino is recycling old issues of the New York Times in a more artistic way than tossing it in the blue bin. He's taking headlines from 1990 to 2005 and creating rolls of wallpaper out of them. He describes the process and outcome, saying he uses the headlines "as data for systems that generate complex networks and forms. The headlines are organized chronologically and color-coded according to subject. Global, national, and local events generate a continuous stream of news from which color patterns emerge. The actions of George Bush, Michael Bloomberg, the United Nations, Israel, Palestine, and North Korea, among others, all serve as raw material and influence the structure of my work." As with all good wallpaper—this stuff is pricey, coming to $1,000 per roll (each one being 10' H x 40" W). Guess print isn't dead just yet. more ›