"Flaming Cactus" Street Art Leaves Astor Place

With another summer season on the horizon, Animus Art Collective's neon plastic-tie art piece "Flaming Cactus," was installed in Astor Place as part of the Department of Transportation's Summer Streets program, was taken down Tuesday, June 19. The collective will reportedly bring the piece to 23 poles along Spring Street soon. [caption id="attachment_49215" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Photo by James Kelleher"](http://nypress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/JamesKelleher_IMG_6842.jpg)[/caption]