Monday, July 20, 2009

Joe Strummer gets a splash of Niagara

A little something extra was added to the Joe Strummer mural on the side of Niagra at Seventh Street and Avenue A the other day.

Before:


Now:



Makes sense that Niagara wanted its name included on the mural — given how often fans/tourists takes its picture (though why wasn't this included when the mural was created in 2003?)...Meanwhile, there was a post/discussion on the mural last week at the Clash Blog

Previously on EV Grieve:
Joe Strummer gets a new look, skyline
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3 comments:

  1. Bowery BoogieJuly 20, 2009 at 9:20 AM

    i passed that the other day as well. sort of weird (or suspicious) how they added their name so late...

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  2. AnonymousJuly 20, 2009 at 5:44 PM

    i'm just glad they put joe strummer's name on it. otherwise i'd never have known who it was supposed to be.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 21, 2009 at 9:09 AM

    "EST 1997" lol.

    Sounds like 'old school 04'

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