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Video: Bridge & Tunnel Traps Are Crowd-Pleasers
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Ben Yakas
Published Mar 19, 2011
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On Thursday night, we ventured out into the LES with Jeff Greenspan and Hunter Fine, the artists behind the "hispter traps," for the unveiling of their newest urban trap, the "bridge and tunnel trap." This trap, filled with tanner, PATH tickets, LIRR schedules, a gold chain, cologne and bronzer, inspired a variety of reactions from passersby in front of bar Mason and Dixon, including one particularly amused undercover cop who called it "funny as fuck." We caught some of the pedestrian interactions on video, including several people who were very nervous about the cardboard trap, and one man who really wanted the gold chain:
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Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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