12/28/2005
A Look Back at 2005: The Urban Canvas
Public art was impossible to escape in New York this year. In February, Gates-mania reached a fever pitch, while Robert Smithson's posthumous "Floating Island" slowly circled the isle of Manhattan for a weekend in September. This of course inspired many parodies. In the brutal humidity of August I spotted the painter above trying to capture the electronic canvas of Times Square on his old-school cloth canvas. Good luck.
I just received word that somehow Towleroad won the award for Best Gay Urban Blog over at travel site Gridskipper's Urbs Awards. I'm not exactly sure how that happened but I definitely feel flattered having been in the company of the other blogs that were nominated: Chafostheory, Queerty, JoeMyGod, Vividblurry, and Shades of Gray. They're all among my daily reads. Thanks, everyone.
Posted 11:41 AM EST by Andy Towle in New York, Photography, towleroad | Permalink
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grats on the urbs!
well deserved.
Posted by: brett | Dec 28, 2005 12:48:25 PM
Hey, congrats, Andy! About time someone I voted for actually won something. And ditto what Brett said: well-deserved.
Posted by: Glenn | Dec 28, 2005 3:19:21 PM
Congrat's Andy!!
You're the best.. and You deserve it..
Plus.. I voted for you.. a few times!!
Posted by: Mike @ ModerArtObsession | Dec 28, 2005 4:34:26 PM
congrats - you deserved it, and I voted for you (twice actually - once from NYC, and once from Ireland)...
Posted by: Patrick M | Dec 28, 2005 4:53:45 PM
Nice photos!
Posted by: w | Dec 28, 2005 6:57:47 PM
Dear Andy, Congratulations or is it congradulations? WE definitely think this is the best gay blog going. Keep us informed and up to date. XO
Posted by: sarah and Bill | Dec 28, 2005 9:01:52 PM
First one doesn't appear to be a 'starving artist'...
Can i now stop voting for you?
Is it time for me to take down the ads and celebrate?
Posted by: HisHolynessDPope | Dec 29, 2005 12:56:36 AM
Congrats Andy!!
Posted by: William | Dec 29, 2005 1:19:14 AM
Congrats! We love you, and now someone else does, too!
Posted by: Chris | Dec 29, 2005 2:01:55 AM
The you mentiones are good. But yours is always fresh and witty. I try to never miss a day. Congrats!
Posted by: Rikki Lee | Dec 29, 2005 7:00:12 AM
Congrats Andy for the well-deserved win; after all it's far from easy putting in the effort, day after day after day :)
On the 2nd picture: the saffron colour really reminds me of the robes of tibetan buddhist monks...
Posted by: max | Dec 29, 2005 8:12:03 AM