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“I am The Cheshire Cat who greets Alice in Wonderland with his devilish grin, and chatters on as she wanders around the Château,” says the artist, in reference to one of his works on view. And then, sounding a bit like Walt Disney hyping his amusement park in a 1960s commercial, he adds, “With my playful smile, I invite you all to the Wonderland of Versailles.” ~ Murakami
Only in New York would a bodega on Avenue A use the gorgeously dilapidated theater above it for a store room. Photographer Kevin Shea Adams got a glimpse inside what used to be the Hollywood Theater before it was shut down in 1959. Since then it’s fallen apart, but that’s part of what makes it spectacular. Sadly the bodega that is located downstairs, between Sixth and Seventh Streets, is closing early next month and the building will be torn down. Also, only in New York would a treasure like this be torn down.
Once a leper colony and quarantine zone, North Brother Island is now home to nothing but crumbling walls and a healthy handful of ghosts missing their eyes and noses. Located a measly 350 yards from the Bronx in appropriately named, Hell Gate, it was shut down in 1963 and has been closed to the public since. we’ve been here once before