New York City finds no shortage of reasons to pat itself on the back, but the city’s groundbreaking ad campaign for transgender bathroom rights actually justifies it.
If you haven’t seen the video of the woman walking down the street getting harassed by gawking dudes in New York City, you should probably check it out. It’s truly a dispicable display of shameful behavior.
And while it might seem insensitive to parody such a sincere project, the folks at Funny or Die found a commendable balance with their satire showing us what it’s like to be a man walking the streets of New York. The results are truly harrowing—but you might not be surprised at all by the way such men are treated.
As a man who lives and works in the city, I can attest to being treated like this on a daily basis. Take a look.
Mayor Bill de Blasio reacted to front-page coverage of remarks Chirlane McCray made in a magazine about motherhood.
Professional designers will offer several options for furnishings, and site visitors will vote to decide what will be used.
Most city dwellers tend to avoid eye contact with the homeless, a fact that made one advocacy group wonder: Would you recognize your own relatives if they were living on the street?
New York City Rescue Mission partnered with agency Silver + Partner for a hidden-camera stunt that filmed people as they walked past loved ones dressed to look homeless. Later, the passersby were shown video footage of themselves walking past their relatives without a second glance.
As you'd probably expect, no one recognized their family members. One woman even walked right past her mom, uncle and aunt.
The stunt doesn't lead to any emotional breakdowns or similar histrionics, which is somewhat refreshing at a time when "gotcha" videos focus so hard on over-the-top reactions and immediate life-changing self-reflection. But the unwitting participants clearly feel ashamed of their oversight.
Director Jun Diaz from production house Smuggler tells Fast Company that one person who was filmed asked not to be included in the final video "because they couldn’t handle the fact that they walked by their family."
On a related website, MakeThemVisible.com, the rescue mission further humanizes the needy by sharing photographs of real homeless New Yorkers, smiling while sharing their personal passions and hobbies.
The actor Liev Schreiber teamed up with Scott Carlson, an advertising veteran, to found an ad agency in Manhattan.
     |
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced that Walt Disney and Marvel Studios would spend about $200 million shooting the live-action series in New York City. All of the shows will debut on Netflix.
| |
The first New York-based “Tonight” in 42 years featured many cameos, including Robert De Niro, Lady Gaga and, notably, Joan Rivers.
| |
Performance artist Maria Luisa Portuondo Vila has been putting "Missing Love" posters in subway stations all over New York City, trying to find some guy in a top hat.
Apparently it was love at first sight when she saw him on the subway back in November, and rather than go to Craigslist Missed Connections like every other heartbroken human being, she created 300 posters that vaguely describe their fleeting moment.
Since pretty much every public occurrence of note in New York is a marketing stunt, people figured these were fake. Vila even describes the effort as an "art action," but when contacted by Gothamist, she insisted she's being genuine.
If that's true, how hard could it be to find someone walking around in a top hat in 2014? Oh wait, he was headed to Brooklyn. Probably pretty hard, then.
| |
Korey Kay & Partners, creator of “If you see something, say something,” is being replaced by two agencies: Pulsar Advertising and the Arcade Creative Group.
| |
Jersey City reworked a mural by Abdul Gonsalves, the graffiti artist Paws21, to cover up letters in the N.F.L. shield; also, an irate mayor, and a prescient camel.
| |
Lis Smith, a young political operative, seemed to be an obvious choice for a post in City Hall — until the news media learned about her relationship with Eliot Spitzer.
| |
As New York City’s police commissioner, William J. Bratton will reunite with his friend and sidekick, John Miller, a prominent CBS News reporter.
| |
Mr. Grant, long a dominant voice on the airwaves, took advantage of the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine and thrived on the radio despite racist remarks.
| |
Come autumn, Brian Lehrer will celebrate his 25th anniversary on WNYC, the public radio station on which he hosts his namesake morning talk show.
| |
The stagehands at New York’s nonprofit performance institutions enjoy the salaries and bargaining power of having hard-to-replace skills and jobs that can’t be outsourced.
| |
Mr. Brooks’s tenure and prolific output on New York’s first all-news radio station made him one of the most recognized voices on the radio for more than 40 years.
| |
An on-air partnership came to an end as Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who is leaving office, spoke for the last time with his longtime interlocutor, John R. Gambling, who is retiring.
| |
The modern assistant has an understanding of social media that time-stretched (and old school) magazine executives lack, and increasingly they are assuming responsibility for spreading the magazine’s message.
| |
Starting in January, Mr. Joel will play a show a month at the Garden for as long as fans want to hear him play, he said Tuesday.
| |
This is site is run by Sascha Endlicher, M.A., during ungodly late night hours. Wanna know more about him? Connect via Social Media by jumping to about.me/sascha.endlicher.
