Smut aside, the American Apparel ads are so much more alluring and of higher quality than the clothes they sell. Having said that, I'm not sure this billboard ad (on the corner of Allen & Houston) isn't towing the fine line or propriety just a bit too closely, even for the Lower East Side, that is. There are Orthodox Jews still left there right?

Gothamist had a valid point though: "Must be hard for the people across the street to stare at a 40 ft beaver shot day in and day out." I might add that the dudes loitering on the corner at all hours (and in the above pic) won't be put out too much either.