New York Stuff

So often you see pairs of shoes thrown over telephone wires. Lately there have been all these cut-outs of shoes (2-D dimensional) over these wires. Anyone know what these are?

Secondly, has anyone seen that flyer that had been up around lower manhattan for a few weeks now that says "My number has changed. My new number is 212-560-7418"? It is all over. So one day a few weeks ago when I was walking down St Mark's with "S" and "L" a few weeks ago I called and left a message on the dude's answering machine. the machine said somehting like "Hey, you have reached my new number. . ." Anyone who know what that is all about?

Also, anyone check out the new New York free daily newspaper? For a free daily it isn't bad. It is called "AM New York".