For years I used to love taking the number seven train through Long Island City just to see the amazing 5 Pointz building and its amazing graffiti. Some called it […]
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“Save the Palestine” Water Tower is Now Just Grey
First, 5 Pointz was shut down to make way for a new complex of gleaming residential high-rises. Then, Domino Sugar factory was salvaged for “industrial artifacts” ahead of developers’ plans […]
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Shrunken Heads, Quooklyn, & More G Train – The Hook Up 6/13
This bone collector lives just around the corner, as does his creepy collection of deformed cats. He also has a preserved monkey, a 2,000 year old mummy head, and an […]
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NYC FAIL: LIC’s 5Pointz Destroyed – All For Luxury High Rises
In a tragic turn of events for the street art community worldwide and the general soul of NYC, 5Pointz’s exterior walls and the works of over 1500 international artists was […]
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Petition With Art: #Save5Pointz
Too often cultural institutions (see CBGBs) are wiped off the map because of one thing: GREED. Those big ugly towers that are coming to Greenpoint – there is one reason […]