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Vandal Smashes Citi Bike Docking Station To Protest Citigroup
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John Del Signore
Published Jul 18, 2013
Modified Jul 18, 2013
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Published Jul 18, 2013
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A Citi Bike docking station was smashed to bits in SoHo at some point this morning, apparently to send a message to Citigroup, the bike share system's corporate sponsor. Tipster Allan Molho tells us the kiosk, near Grand Street and Greene Street, was shattered and left with a sign taped to it blasting the bank for taking federal bailout money. "NO CITIGROUP AT ALL IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD!" the notice screams. For good measure, there is also graffiti spelling out the word "DEMOILCRACY." Your move, Citigroup!
Neither the DOT nor Citi Bike reps immediately responded to requests for comment about the vandalism or our question about how common this sort of thing is. (When Citi Bike first launched, another tipster sent us a photo of a similarly shattered docking station.) The location of this kiosk is just blocks away from Petrosino Park, where local residents have protested bitterly (and filed a lawsuit) over one docking station. But so far their nude drawing demonstrations have failed to pressure the DOT to remove it.
(Courtesy Allan Molho)
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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