Post #2437438
2026-05-11 23:03 UTC
I came up out of the subway at Delancey Street straight into a massive crowd of nerds gathered to celebrate the dedication of Jack Kirby Way. The city councillor for the Lower East Side made a genuinely moving speech claiming Kirby as a son of Rivington Street and PS.20, “one of the most important artists of the 20th Century, born and raised right here.” Bless NYC forever.
Replies (2)
-
@adamgreenfield@social.coop 2026-05-11 23:20
I’m not even particularly a Kirby fan, though I would absolutely accept his characterization as one of the most important artists of the 20th Century. But it’s been a minute since I’ve felt such an overwhelming sense of love for a place, and for pop culture, and for the ways they intersect. Localism is so often depicted as (and, of course, not infrequently *is*) a reactionary and xenophobic clinging to identity over any kind of curiosity about other places and lifeways. But there’s a healthy version of it, too, and it was palpable this afternoon at Essex and Delancey. My heart just about exploded with love.
-
@pete@social.coop 2026-05-11 23:07
@adamgreenfield@social.coop Yancy Street forever!