Generation Yauch

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May 6, 2012

As we celebrate the boundless creative spirit of the Beastie Boys' fallen member, we should also remember the crew of New York metropolitans who he nurtured and represented. full story

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Adam Yauch Park Dedicated in Brooklyn

Palmetto Playground – a small park tucked beneath a highway on-ramp in Brooklyn just blocks from the late Beastie Boy Adam "MCA" Yauch's childhood home – was renamed Adam Yauch Park on Friday to mark the one-year anniversary of his passing on May 4th Family friends and fans gathered for...

rollingstone.com (1 month and 16 days ago)

Adam Yauch Remembered With Brooklyn Playground Dedication

The Palmetto Playground in Brooklyn will be renamed in honor of Adam Yauch the Beastie Boy known as MCA who died last year A ceremony is set for 11 am Friday morning and will feature fellow Beastie Boy Adam "Ad-Rock" Horowitz Yauch's parents and other family members as well as Brooklyn Borough...

rollingstone.com (1 month and 17 days ago)

Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch Remembered on 'MCA Day' in Brooklyn

"Gratitude" was the motto of the second-annual "MCA Day" in Brooklyn yesterday and a constant procession of fans came to pay their respects to late Beastie Boys co-founder Adam Yauch on the one-year anniversary of his death from cancer of the salivary glands Two street signs quoting Yauch's best-known lines about the...

rollingstone.com (1 month and 14 days ago)

Brooklyn Playground To Be Renamed After Beastie Boy Adam Yauch

Beastie Boy emcee Adam “MCA” Yauch inspired generations of music lovers to fight — either for their right to party or for the rights of Tibetans. In return for his years of activism and music, fans fought for the right to name a Brooklyn playground after him. Tomorrow, Beastie Boys Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz and Michael “Mike D” Diamond are expected to join Brooklyn Borough...

time.com (1 month and 17 days ago)

City Room: Playground Named for a Beastie Boy

Palmetto Playground in Brooklyn Heights has been renamed “Adam Yauch Park” in commemoration of Mr. Yauch’s accomplishments as rapper, film director and activist, as well as his devotion to New York.

nytimes.com (1 month and 16 days ago)

Adam Yauch To Be Honored With Brooklyn Playground, NYC Confirms

Palmetto Playground will be renamed in honor of the late Beastie Boys at a ceremony Friday. By James Montgomery Adam Yauch Photo: Getty Images

mtv.com (1 month and 17 days ago)

Brooklyn Park Dedicated to Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch

In a ceremony held a day before the one-year anniversary of Yauch's death, Brooklyn Borough president Marty Markowitz commended the Parks Department for honoring "one of Brooklyn’s most culturally influential sons."

hollywoodreporter.com (1 month and 16 days ago)

Brooklyn playground named after Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch

The Palmetto Playground will be renamed the Adam Yauch Playground in a ceremony on May 3

nme.com (1 month and 18 days ago)

PHOTOS: Park Renamed After Late Beastie Boy

NEW YORK -- A New York City playground where the late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch learned to ride a bike as a child has been renamed in his honor. City officials on Friday rechristened Brooklyn's Palmetto Playground as Adam Yauch Park. Yauch's parents and fellow Beastie Boy Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz attended the renaming ceremony. The rapper known as "MCA" died last May at the age...

huffingtonpost.com (1 month and 15 days ago)

Celebrating MCA: SPIN Honors Beastie Boy Adam Yauch

It's been a year since Adam "MCA" Yauch died at age 47 after a battle with salivary gland cancer. We'll be blasting "B-Boy Bouillabaisse" today as we look back at one of the most remarkable careers in music history...

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