Heather Ledger found dead in his Soho apartment yesterday.

After A-Ron hinted at it last week, the NY Times takes a closer look the Wreck Center, the temporary Soho venue of Off Bowery Productions.

Residents of a sleepy SoHo block aren’t sure what to make of the Wreck Center, a store/performance space/art installation that has invaded their neighborhood like a post-apocalyptic circus. Decorated with graffiti, gold paint and 5,800 feet of Day-Glo masking tape, the space, designed by Rafael de Cárdenas, pops, to say the least. “Finally one came up to me,” said Aaron Bondaroff (above), the project’s ringleader, “and told me it was about time someone did something cool in the neighborhood again.” Until the end of February, when the building that houses the Wreck Center is torn down, Mr. Bondaroff, the downtown impresario better known as A-Ron, has planned a series of invite-only book signings, launch parties, art and music shows, even a little stand-up comedy; a storefront will sell the wares of all involved. “And as soon as everyone catches on,” he said, “it’ll be over.” That is, until May, when the Playboy channel broadcasts a documentary on the whole affair.

Barnum Goes Downtown [NYT]

Photo by Hiroko Masuike for The New York Times

If you love long lines and $80 t-shirts, check out the opening of Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream’s flagship store today at 456 West Broadway in SoHo. The store is open today from noon until 7 pm, closed tomorrow, then open 7 days a week from noon to 7 pm.

The first floor is Ice Cream: a candy-land of bright sneakers ($80 to $180) displayed in silver ice-cream tubs and fruity-colored tees (about $80) that hang along the walls of the red-and-white-checked nostalgia-tinged parlor. Travel up the trippy, glow-in-the-dark staircase to the space-agey second floor, where the more subdued Billionaire Boys Club line plays off a floor covered with a moon-surface photo print, a curved rainbow-star ceiling, and—what else?—an ice-cream-sandwich-shaped sofa.

Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream Opens in Soho [NY Mag]

Photo by Jeremy Liebman/NY Mag

The word from a Gothamist tipster is that the Splasher has made his “most extreme hit yet.” Although the green paint is a bit tricky to read, it’s not the Splasher. It’s a tag by Katsu, and a giant one at that. Some graffiti writers are choosing to stick with good old fashioned letter tags over amorphous paint spills.

Photo from Gothamist.

Tragedy struck early Saturday morning as the streetwear and skate shops of Lafayette Street slept. The scaffolding on the west side of Lafayette Street between Prince and Houston Street was apparently no match for winds gusting up to 40 miles per hour. As the wreckage of the collapsed scaffolding stands between the public and their beloved boutiques, let’s hold hands and pray for a speedy recovery. Thank goodness no sneakerheads were camped outside on this night of catastrophic wind.

Supreme, Wesc, Stackhouse, Dunderdon Workshop, G Star, Brooklyn Industries and Triple 5 Soul: Our thoughts are with you at this difficult time.

Photos from Verbose Coma and Curbed.

We missed the Second Annual Deitch Art Parade last week (we were stuck in a well), produced by Deitch Projects, Creative Time and PAPER magazine. If you’re like us, you’re in luck because Nick Georgio made a great little video of the festivities (via Wooster Collective).

Gothamist and SuperTouch provide further documentation (or inspiration for next year).

Photo by Blaine Davis.