Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz and Michael “Mike D” Diamond were both on hand Saturday as the corner of Ludlow and Rivington in New York City’s Lower East Side was officially renamed Beastie Boys Square.
“This is fucking weird,” Horovitz said immediately after taking the mic; he would later amend that to “fucking awesome.”
The intersection of Ludlow and Rivington was first immortalized on the cover of the Beastie Boys’ 1989 masterpiece Paul’s Boutique. In 2014, efforts to rename the area “Beastie Boys Square” were defeated by a 24-to-1 vote, but eight years later,...
“This is fucking weird,” Horovitz said immediately after taking the mic; he would later amend that to “fucking awesome.”
The intersection of Ludlow and Rivington was first immortalized on the cover of the Beastie Boys’ 1989 masterpiece Paul’s Boutique. In 2014, efforts to rename the area “Beastie Boys Square” were defeated by a 24-to-1 vote, but eight years later,...
- 9/9/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The New York City Council voted unanimously Friday to officially honor three of the five boroughs’ most revered artists – the Notorious B.I.G., the Wu-Tang Clan and Woody Guthrie – with streets named in their honor.
The Brooklyn block where the Notorious B.I.G. grew up – located on St. James Place between Fulton Street and Gates Avenue – will be renamed Christopher Wallace Way after the rapper’s birth name, while Staten Island’s Vanderbilt Avenue and Targee Street will tentatively be called Wu-Tang Clan District, Gothamist reports. In November,...
The Brooklyn block where the Notorious B.I.G. grew up – located on St. James Place between Fulton Street and Gates Avenue – will be renamed Christopher Wallace Way after the rapper’s birth name, while Staten Island’s Vanderbilt Avenue and Targee Street will tentatively be called Wu-Tang Clan District, Gothamist reports. In November,...
- 12/24/2018
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The block in Brooklyn, New York where the Notorious B.I.G. grew up is set to be renamed in the late rapper’s honor. Christopher Wallace Way will be located on the stretch of St. James Place between Gates Avenue and Fulton Street. LeRoy McCarthy, who spearheaded the initiative, told Rolling Stone that he hopes the sign will be officially dedicated around Biggie’s birthday, May 21st.
The co-naming proposal passed its biggest hurdle Wednesday when Brooklyn Community Board 2 voted to approve the re-naming petition 33 to one, with four abstentions.
The co-naming proposal passed its biggest hurdle Wednesday when Brooklyn Community Board 2 voted to approve the re-naming petition 33 to one, with four abstentions.
- 11/15/2018
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
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