Monday, March 10, 2014

Painting over the SMELLS on Avenue A

Back in January, the NYPD arrested five people for tagging the roof of 201 Avenue A … A police spokesperson told Gothamist: "Officers observed the word 'Smells' painted in letters six to seven feet tall, and around 10 feet wide."



Anyway, EVG reader dwg points out that workers just painted over the SMELLS tag… as well as the one that had already been up there…



The Post reported that the NYPD charged all five with "making graffiti, criminal trespassing and resisting arrest."

Previously on EV Grieve:
[Updated] Reader report: Taggers nabbed on Avenue A (36 comments)
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6 comments:

  1. nygrumpMarch 10, 2014 at 9:37 AM

    meanwhile on rotten row, noise continues unabated from soune spice cove etc etc tec

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  2. AnonymousMarch 10, 2014 at 9:49 AM

    rothko lives!

    I-)

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  3. AnonymousMarch 10, 2014 at 12:00 PM

    please a book or two at them.

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  4. IzFMarch 10, 2014 at 2:33 PM

    Sadly, certain smells never go away no matter how many books or cans of paint you throw at them.

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  5. ScoobyMarch 10, 2014 at 4:12 PM

    Screw the blank wall - I'd rather look at something with texture and character like the grafitti. More killing of character in the modern world.... so empty

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  6. TrixieMarch 10, 2014 at 6:07 PM

    They should've had the ones who painted it paint it out. I'm glad it's gone. It had no texture or character. It was ugly, and right out my window. Good riddance.

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