In the same unfortunate fashion as many of Banksy’s spraystenciled gifts to New York City, 5Pointz has been whited out and erased. It was literally here yesterday…and gone faster than we could say “Grandmaster Flash.” Not at all surprising, especially in a City where monthly rents average three times the price of Macbook (about $3K). As they say all good things must come to an end :(. For more details check out the New York Times.
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Photos: Gritty Times in NYC Revealed
From Mail Online: “Almost a million images of New York and its municipal operations have been made public for the first time on the internet.
The city’s Department of Records officially announced the debut of the photo database.
Culled from the Municipal Archives collection of more than 2.2 million images going back to the mid-1800s, the 870,000 photographs feature all manner of city oversight — from stately ports and bridges to grisly gangland killings.”
They look like something out of The Untouchables, GoodFellas, Bronx Tale, and just about every gangster movie ever…combined. Read the full article here.
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