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by Rhett Jones on July 15, 2016
- The Lowline, a controversial project that plans to create a bizarre underground park in the Lower East Side, has gained its first official approvals from City Hall. For its detractors, the park represents another step towards gentrification. For its supporters, the park is a way of opening up public space in a dense area of the city. For Alicia Glen, deputy mayor for housing and economic development, its “some crazy, smoking-dope stuff.” She likes it. [Curbed]
- Activists in Boyle Heights, a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood in Los Angeles, want the art galleries to pack up and get out. The organizers view the gallery owners as pawns in “planners and politicians and developers” efforts to “art wash” gentrification. Some gallery owners are upset, while others are attempting to join in the dialogue. We’ll keep an eye on this story as it develops. [LA Weekly]
- A 91-year-old woman was arrested at the Neues Museum Nürnberg on Thursday. Charges of vandalism were related to the fact that she “solved” a crossword puzzle that was part of a work by the Fluxus-artist Arthur Köpcke. Something tells us the Fluxus people would like this story. [artnet News]
- The New Museum’s newest show, The Keeper, is an attempt to explore why we collect things. It’s packed, floor-to-ceiling with 4,000 objects from two dozen collections. It opens next Wednesday. The Times talks to the curators about this unusual show. [New York Times]
- Check out the convoluted history of the McDonald’s “I’m Lovin’ it” jingle. It’s fascinating that even people that worked on the campaign at a high-level don’t seem to know for sure who wrote it. [Pitchfork]
- Hyperallergic breaks down some OKCupid data. Among the findings: liberal artists don’t think orgasms are the most important part of sex. It’s all about the journey, not the destination. [Hyperallergic]
- We know surprisingly little about NYC’s rat population. For instance, it’s estimated that there are somewhere between two and 32 million rats in the city. We’re just not sure. Researchers have begun to chip and surveil them, hoping to get a better understanding of how they operate. The end goal is to find more effective methods of control. [Motherboard]
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