{"id":591399,"date":"2026-04-18T08:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T08:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/591399\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T08:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T08:36:10","slug":"pop-up-newsstand-and-a-no-photos-moment-during-a-photoshoot-on-avenue-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/591399\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop-up \u2018newsstand\u2019 and a no-photos moment during a photoshoot on Avenue A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiaRtvQWHEoTWVdyAdfcnlEeKfuESVvLL5QJS16XTY0WbR-iKuHVkROA1uUSa8PV8mnNPwyr6ObxrE5qFO2ggG8lgqK9g_xo1og7J6vBQPZALVHDotBTcUUBzVygEog8b4fMC3VMZHK1Q2BZszM5SFuXWNL49Zs5IzdjqqB0i3dhaKqhzfzYBloLJKCXEk\/s2272\/viruswalk_4-17-26_r_w_029.jpg\" style=\"display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/viruswalk_4-17-26_r_w_029.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Top photo by Stacie Joy\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A production crew set up a prop newsstand this afternoon on the corner of Seventh Street and Avenue A \u2014 one of the busier corridors in the East Village, at the entrance to Tompkins Square Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The setup drew plenty of attention from passersby, given the steady foot traffic through the intersection.<\/p>\n<p>Per a crew member: &#8220;It&#8217;s a prop \u2014 the newsstand isn&#8217;t real [Editor&#8217;s note: Duh] and will be taken down the minute this shoot ends \u2026 soon. It&#8217;s a commercial shoot for Uggs. You know, Uggs? You can see the models wearing them.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Less clear: the reaction to people doing what people do on a crowded corner on a nice spring day \u2014 stopping to look and take photos.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When we snapped a few pictures, someone from the production scolded: &#8220;Miss! You can&#8217;t take pictures! Put down your camera! You are not allowed to photograph this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another crew member offered to &#8220;call the cops to take her camera.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For a temporary set planted in plain view at a high-traffic intersection, the no-photos stance seemed\u2026 ambitious.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiFLmlujKxFhmQO7Wbe9jRXwguVbDdve1AZ43XYXHK8lNTHSMHKgL504OoIdEmsm3EM_qd8R36uF40gk2jLRBCgoKLxDULq24aRnmTedZjy7Ft5WJ77aKpoV47zac3wdEIpJAG068B_KnWj9wsJ6dxDAXTZaLHCDsmcv-tdDjX8ApQU46ekeHSgbl5L4Xo\/s4032\/IMG_1375.HEIC\" style=\"display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_1375.HEIC.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Top photo by Stacie Joy\u00a0 A production crew set up a prop newsstand this afternoon on the corner&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":591400,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":{"0":"post-591399","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/591400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}