Friday, March 13, 2026

Anti-tagging defense goes up at future Sephora on St. Mark’s Place

Management at the new office building at 1 St. Mark’s Place and Third Avenue have devised a way to keep people from tagging the incoming Sephora signage.
On Wednesday, workers arrived and started erecting barricades around the future Sephora.
Thanks to EVG reader Jacob Ford for the photos of the end results... barricades now protecting fresh Sephora signage...
The Sephora signage arrived on Feb. 13. It was quickly tagged. We even got a Gap reference to a late- 1980s St. Mark's Place mall pioneer.

The Paris-based beauty retailer signed a lease last fall for 7,800 square feet of space at this gateway to the East Village.

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

The tagging is less offensive than the fence. Also, takes up less room on the sidewalk. That’s my two cents! :)

Anonymous said...

Whether you're a fan of Sephora or not, vandalism is not warranted nor cool. Time to grow up and get a life kids.

Anonymous said...

Tagging is a cry for help.

Anonymous said...

Agreed!

Anonymous said...

TAGS NOT ADS!!! Bow to your corporate masters, pearl clutchers!

Anonymous said...

HELP!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Lock them up. A month at Rykers ought to straighten them out.

Anonymous said...

Or give them a scrub brush and make them clean their ugly tags themselves

Anonymous said...

Just put some cops on the corner and arrest more of these losers

Anonymous said...

HIT THAT SH*T NOW!!!!!!!!!!

cmarrtyy said...

In contemporary terms it's vandalism. But it's really primal... like animals marking their territory. This is mine. I own it. Stay away. You belong to me. And it's generational. My building has been tagged for the last 50 + years. And will probably be tagged fro the next 50+ years. It's relentless and sad to say... the police don't care.

Anonymous said...

It would be fun to tag this joint using lipstick. Get creative…

Damzdash said...

Why is there not a high penalty for destroying neighbors home and places of business and public spaces don't these vandalists now they will be judged for there works up lawlesses on the day of judgment

Anonymous said...

No respect.

Anonymous said...

Check out the Key Food murals on 4th.
So sad.

Shadowwhispers said...

Agree. Dislike the barrier. Welcome to the neighborhood, you're gonna get tagged.

Shadowwhispers said...

Sephora is not our neighbor.

Davey said...

Yeah but 50 year olds are doing it, grow up.

Annie said...

I am A-OK with Sephora being tagged!!!!! I do not welcome this store! But the neighborhood has changed so much, I'm sure the homogeneous mainstream people here now don't care as shown by the previous comments. :(