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Neighborhood News in Greenpoint and Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Tag: 5 pointz

Posted inNews

Long Island City Graffiti Artists Win Legal Battle With Developer Who Destroyed Their Work

by Geoff CobbNovember 21, 2017November 20, 2017

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 […]

Posted inArt, Community, News

“Save the Palestine” Water Tower is Now Just Grey

by Ona ADecember 22, 2014December 22, 2014

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 […]

Posted inNews, The Hook-Up

Shrunken Heads, Quooklyn, & More G Train – The Hook Up 6/13

by GinaJune 13, 2014June 13, 2014

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 […]

Posted inArt, Culture

NYC FAIL: LIC’s 5Pointz Destroyed – All For Luxury High Rises

by Jen GNovember 19, 2013November 19, 2013

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 […]

Posted inArt, Culture

Petition With Art: #Save5Pointz

by Jen GNovember 8, 2013

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 […]



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