Rex's Dino Store: Visit the subway newsstand that's really a fossil

"Down the stairs and around the corner a red, 7-foot-tall T-Rex has all the essentials for a prehistoric New York City in stock. Welcome to Rex's Dino Store, a public art exhibit that's part of the MTA's Vacant Unit Activation program, which is turning unused newsstands into art installations. Artists Akiva Leffert and Sarah Cassidy led the Dino Store project."

"They landed on the idea of a bodega run by dinosaurs, for dinosaurs. Local references are everywhere in the exhibit and are as hard to miss as a T-Rex in a subway station. Cassidy says, "the first joke was Steg Yun, instead of Shen Yun. There's a stegosaurus who's dancing on a poster. And we're like, 'Oh, what if there's a cave for rent on the community board?' You know, it just sort of spiraled out of control!""

Rex's Dino Store occupies a former subway newsstand at Grand Army Plaza in Park Slope, Brooklyn. A red, 7-foot-tall T-Rex stands in the space and shelves are stocked with playful prehistoric goods. The installation is part of the MTA's Vacant Unit Activation program that converts unused newsstands into art installations. Artists Akiva Leffert and Sarah Cassidy conceived a bodega run by dinosaurs, heightening the concept through iterative jokes and local references. The exhibit includes parodic ads such as 'Cellino & Barney' and 'Dino Smith Will Teach You Flying' and a sabretooth cat on a shelf. The installation runs at least through April.

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