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It's been over a month since Anthony Bourdain tragically took his life, and while many have flocked to the late chef's old kitchen at Les Halles to contribute to a sidewalk memorial, another tribute has now taken shape on the Lower East Side.
A new mural honoring Bourdain has appeared on Delancey Street, between Essex and Ludlow. The artist behind the piece is New York-based street artist Bradley Theodore, who shared the completed work on Instagram this week, with the caption: “In a city full of villains we all need heroes."
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You may recognize Bradley's work from the Garret on Bleecker, or that Karl Lagerfeld and Anna Wintour mural that went up on Kenmare Street a couple of years ago.
Bourdain had just been in the neighborhood this spring, where he was working on a new episode of Parts Unknown. While filming, he hung out with local personalities Harley Flanagan of Cro-mags and Ray Alvarez, the proprietor of Ray's Candy Store. (That is scheduled to hit CNN in the fall.)
