Photo courtesy Lorcan Otway. So it goes. The eclectic East Village “toy tower,” assembled from found objects by colorful East Village character Eddie Boros in the East Sixth Street and Avenue B community garden, is on its way out. Parks Department workers have begun dismantling the 65-foot-tall tower, built over the course of two decades. Vanishing New York hears that today passers-by were permitted to take bits of the tower as souvenirs, and Curbed......

The farewell party for the famous "Toy Tower" at the Avenue B and 6th Street community garden took place yesterday. Vanishing New York estimates about 100 well-wishers were in attendance to eulogize the found object art tower, which rose to a height of 65 feet over the course of two decades. The eclectic structure is the work of the colorful East Village character Eddie Boros, who passed away one year ago this month. Adrian Benepe,......

A tipster tells Vanishing New York that the iconic found object “Tower of Toys” that began rising out of the Avenue B and 6th Street Community Garden in the mid-80s will be demolished by the Parks Department. According to the garden's executive committee, the 65-foot tower has been deemed unsafe. And, let’s face it, it’s just not in keeping with the city’s ever-expanding ‘generic and soulless’ real estate trend. The creator of the tower, Eddie......