‘No Pants’ on MARTA photos
January 13, 2009 at 8:39 pm by Thomas Wheatley in News
MARTA riders this weekend were treated to a surprise: Pants-less straphangers.
On Saturday, more than 35 participants responded to an email that urged them to meet at downtown’s Five Points station, board a northbound train, and remove their pants. The group hopped off at stops, went about their business, and reboarded a following train. Upon arriving at the Lindbergh station two hours later, the bare-legged brigade took the train back downtown. MARTA Police, though baffled, didn’t interrupt the trouser-less troupe.
Alfredo Aponte is a product industrial designer who helped organize the “flash mob” event. (He’s also one of the brains behind Atlanta Pecha Kucha.) Aponte says Saturday’s experiment — which was Atlanta’s first foray into “No Pants Day” — was inspired by similar gatherings in New York City. (It even made a few fanboys out of message board denizens.)
To view photos of the event, visit the Sideshow.
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
January 14th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Sorry I missed this. I would have loved peoplewatching all the bystanders!
January 16th, 2009 at 12:39 am
How can you cover this story and not give credit to Improv Everywhere, the creators of the event. Also, how can you not mention that it took place in 21 other cities on the same day?
January 16th, 2009 at 12:51 am
yeah, not mentioning that it took place nationwide is kind of a FAIL.
i was surprised to learn that from another source, after i’d read this article that wasn’t the impression i had.
January 16th, 2009 at 1:09 am
The photos are great, but the article is a bit fail. They didn’t even mention the name of our local group (Gobi Lumberjacks).