Director Crystal Moselle, who traced a family of Lower East Side shut-ins with her documentary The Wolfpack, is back in the public spotlight. This time,…
Popular Skate Spot at Columbus Park in Limbo Due to Renovation
At the intersection of Baxter and Worth Streets, adjacent Columbus Park’s basketball courts, some olive-green workout equipment and a fire-engine red jungle gym sit unused. Plastic sheets cover the workout…
BRUJAS Gather Around a Caldron of ‘Tricky, Politically-Incorrect Ideas’
On a chilly but pleasant afternoon, a group of people sat at tables in Soho art space Recess, poring over strips of film. One person…
Astor Place is Back, But Where Have All the Skaters Gone?
After five long years of construction, Astor Place is back. Along with the refurbished Cube, the redesigned plaza includes new outdoor seating, fresh trees and landscaping, and restored…
Get On Board With the Skater-Artist Who Made This Cubs Tribute Deck
In 2002, “Lurker” Lou Sarowsky moved to New York City with his longtime friend and fellow Cape Cod native Zered Bassett, into a now infamous,…
’90s Skateboards On Gallery Walls? ‘It’s Hard to Compete With That Level of Freshness’
One of skateboarding’s biggest commercial booms was in the 1980s. With their robust royalty checks and penchant for partying, many of the big name vert…
Greenpoint Is Getting a Playground With Skate Park Designed By Steve Rodriguez
Hey, Greenpoint’s getting a shiny new park! Alright, technically it’s a “playground,” but with a new skate park, handball court and basketball court, hopefully it’ll…
Skateboarding Is a Crime? CB Wants to See Skating Squashed at Pier 35
With warm weather approaching, the Pier 35 esplanade, located under the FDR Drive overpass at the base of Clinton Street, is attracting skateboarders who are…
Skate ‘Prof’ Shows Kids How to Make Decked-Out Decks
A line of skateboarders from their pre-teens to their 30s queued up this past Saturday, waiting up to an hour for “Professor” Paul Schmitt to…
Billy Rohan’s Public Art Project Is About to Up the Game of LES Roll-Down Gates
While on sabbatical from the NYC winter in Puerto Rico and working on his latest “Illumignarly” video, NYC skateboarder and Samurai founder Billy Rohan received…