Broken Angel Eviction Postponed
While friends and neighbors gear up for a block party later today to send off Broken Angel creator Arthur Wood, he has been granted a temporary respite from eviction of just a few weeks, reported The New York Daily News. The Brooklyn Housing Court has postponed his eviction date to March 31. The block party will…
While friends and neighbors gear up for a block party later today to send off Broken Angel creator Arthur Wood, he has been granted a temporary respite from eviction of just a few weeks, reported The New York Daily News. The Brooklyn Housing Court has postponed his eviction date to March 31. The block party will start with a late-afternoon barbecue followed by dancing at the Irondale Center. The organizers expect a turnout of 1,000 people. After long foreclosure proceedings, which Wood fought in court, the building is now under possession of a new owner. It recently went back on the market for $4.5 million. Above, a photo of the building after Woods partly dismantled it because the structure did not meet the building code. “It’s one of the weirdest, most beautiful buildings in New York — and his life’s work,” said one of the party organizers, Shalin Scupham. “And it’s being taken away.”
Eviction Postponed for Artist Who Created Broken Angel Building [NY Daily News]
Here’s a nice writeup about the Broken Angel.
http://hyperallergic.com/67001/saying-goodbye-to-a-brooklyn-diy-architectural-marvel/
That ugly pile was his lifes work? It took an entire lifetime
to achieve this “thing”? Oh yes – a real latter day Sistene Chapel.
In that vein, perhaps it could be moved to Rome, as a gift to the new Pope,
who’d graciously say thank you & use it to store abuse allegation records – Lord knows it’s at least big enough for that!
The worshipping & fawning over this monstrosity as a work of art truly boggles the mind.
Scarano to the rescue! (Hey – by comparison…)
DIBS, when are you going to change your name to Dave in Bucks?
i read somewhere that tish james set up the partnership between shahn and wood. i always knew she was no good.
i’m only going to the bbq if shahn andersen is there.
i cannot wait to stop hearing about this place.
“If I have to choose between an “LLC” and Arthur Wood, I vote for the crazy old coot.”
i vote for shahn
$4.5MM doesn’t just disappear, putnam.