Pop art Kooning appeared and was turned away by Tremaine, who ironically owned a number of de Kooning's works. Rosenquist recalled: "at that moment I thought, something in the art world has definitely changed". Turning away a respected abstract artist proved that, as early as 1962, the pop art movement had begun to dominate art culture in New York. A bit earlier, on the West Coast, Roy Lichtenstein, Jim Dine and Andy Warhol from New York City; Phillip Hefferton and Robert Dowd from Detroit; Edward Ruscha and Joe Goode from Oklahoma City; and Wayne Thiebaud from California were included in the "New
Rats in New York City medical attention, as bacteria from the rat's teeth can cause tetanus as well as rat bite fever, which can be fatal.<ref name="alisonbowen/metro"></ref> The problem of rats in New York City is a longstanding one. In 1860, "The New York Times" reported that a newborn infant had died prior to rats eating part of its face and one foot. The NYC Health Department undertook an anti-rat campaign in 1921 that involved rat-proofing as well as trapping and killing rats. Rats in New York have been known to overrun restaurants after hours and crawl up sewer pipes, as well as enter apartments