save the brooklyn banks

God only knows what kinda muck is permanently embedded into this thing but I still plucked it out of the Little Bank (by the lightpost up top) and carried it all the way back to Pittsburgh with me in the early 00s. It’s been properly sanitized and proudly displayed ever since.

The beloved Brooklyn Banks are in need of our help. Please sign the Change.org petition (link here) and let the New York DoT know exactly how important this landmark is to all of us. 

For more motivation, look here. 

chrome ball incident #876: sixty seconds

Continuing the Skate & Create theme, here is Transworld's beloved "A New York Minute" series that appeared in the mag during the late '90s.

Originally Ted Newsome's Gotham brainchild, it eventually expanded out to other cities filtered through the lens of such notables as Ben Colen, Seu Trinh, Pete Thompson and more.

For dudes stuck out in the middle of nowhere at the time (like myself), these articles struck a cord by offering that desperate type of escapism people in such a predicament enjoy.

Though not everybody seemed to be a fan:
 

And in other news, big thanks to Tim Olson for the amazing piece! So good.

#691: the grand scheme of things

Respect.

chrome ball incident #299: club fade

"There are 8 million stories in the Naked City..."

A by-no-means-complete assortment of classic late 80's/early 90's NYC shit.

Consider this volume one.

Celebrating Chrome Ball Incident #300 next week.... can't believe it myself.