Showing posts with label Verizon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Verizon. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Local resident wins national baking contest
Oh, I'm just running out of headlines to describe the ongoing brown-paint battle alongside Verizon on 13th Street at Second Avenue... how it's looking now...
Previously.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Noted
Just noting that the 13th Street side of the Verizon building is now graffiti free.
The back-and-forth between graffiti/tags/whatever vs. brown wall has been going on a good two years...
The back-and-forth between graffiti/tags/whatever vs. brown wall has been going on a good two years...
Monday, February 6, 2012
Graffiti-free Verizon building lasts less than one week
Last Tuesday, evilnyc passed along photos of Graffiti Free NYC cleaning up the East 13th Street side of the Verizon building at Second Avenue...
evilnyc just sent this shot of that wall today...
evilnyc just sent this shot of that wall today...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Verizon's ongoing war on graffiti and stuff
Nearly eight months have passed since we last looked in on the ongoing brown-paint war at the Verizon building along 13th Street (at Second Avenue)... we thought that Verizon had simply given up.
Not so!
EV Grieve reader evilnyc just passed along these shots. A new tactic — powerwashing and painting via the city's Graffiti Free NYC...
To be continued...
Previously on EV Grieve:
First tag reappears on the Verizon building
Brownout: Verizon building graffiti painted over
Verizon is going to blow the budget on brown paint
Not so!
EV Grieve reader evilnyc just passed along these shots. A new tactic — powerwashing and painting via the city's Graffiti Free NYC...
To be continued...
Previously on EV Grieve:
First tag reappears on the Verizon building
Brownout: Verizon building graffiti painted over
Verizon is going to blow the budget on brown paint
Monday, May 16, 2011
Verizon preps wall for more tagging
The ongoing brown-paint war at the Verizon building along 13th Street (at Second Avenue) continues... here's how it looked earlier last week...
And after a paint job on Friday...
To be continued....
Previously.
[Thanks to Woodland Creature for the tip.]
And after a paint job on Friday...
To be continued....
Previously.
[Thanks to Woodland Creature for the tip.]
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Watching Verizon lay some cable
From EV Grieve contributor Bobby Williams this afternoon on Avenue B between 10th Street and Ninth Street...
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Verizon doesn't allow murals on its buildings — except for in Southern California
Earlier we posted an item about Verizon's ongoing battle with graffiti on their Second Avenue building... Perhaps a local artist like Chico could create a mural here? But! A Verizon spokesperson told DNAinfo, "We typically do not permit murals to be painted on our buildings" ... adding that the company will continue to paint over the graffiti as it goes up.
As EV Grieve reader T.E.V.B. pointed out in a Long Beach, Calif. newspaper... the article, titled Mural Brightens Verizon Wall, highlights the work of Long Beach-based muralist Roy Herweck.
Anyway, as for the Verizon wall on 13th Street, T.E.V.B. said, "A community mural there is a great idea."
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As EV Grieve reader T.E.V.B. pointed out in a Long Beach, Calif. newspaper... the article, titled Mural Brightens Verizon Wall, highlights the work of Long Beach-based muralist Roy Herweck.
Anyway, as for the Verizon wall on 13th Street, T.E.V.B. said, "A community mural there is a great idea."
[Image via]
Verizon brass content to keep battling graffiti artists on 13th Street
We've been documenting the battle for the brown wall here at the Verizon building on 13th Street at Second Avenue... (Previously.)
At DNAinfo, Patrick Hedlund checks in with the Verizon folks to see what the next steps are.
However, a Verizon spokesperson said that they don't allow murals to be painted on their buildings, and that they'd simply continue to paint over any new graffiti.
Sounds good coming from the company HQ. But what about the people on the ground here?
Ashraf told Hedlund that he's tired of seeing the eyesore each day on his way to work.
"It's miserable," he said. "But it's New York."
At DNAinfo, Patrick Hedlund checks in with the Verizon folks to see what the next steps are.
"We'll try to clean it off, and the next thing you know…" said Verizon employee Sam Ashraf, who manages the phone company's retail store in the building. "It just looks bad."
The NYPD's 9th Precinct has observed the building for years, even sending undercover officers to stake out the site and making numerous arrests, said Det. Jaime Hernandez, a 22-year-old veteran of the neighborhood.
To deal with the graffiti scourge, Hernandez suggested that Verizon bring in a muralist to paint the wall, noting that street art rarely gets run over by vandals because of the respect given to the work.
However, a Verizon spokesperson said that they don't allow murals to be painted on their buildings, and that they'd simply continue to paint over any new graffiti.
Sounds good coming from the company HQ. But what about the people on the ground here?
Ashraf told Hedlund that he's tired of seeing the eyesore each day on his way to work.
"It's miserable," he said. "But it's New York."
Sunday, January 16, 2011
You can't keep a good wall brown
Just keeping tabs on the ongoing battle for the wall here at the Verizon building on 13th Street at Second Avenue... Previously.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Fresh tags (and Four Loko) on the Verizon building
Well, things have been quiet along the 13th Street wall of the Verizon building at Second Avenue ... until now... EV Grieve reader ~evilnyc passes along photos of fresh tags here...
In this photo, a fellow had passed out leaning against the wall... a precious can of Four Loko by his side...
Previously on EV Grieve:
First tag reappears on the Verizon building
Brownout: Verizon building graffiti painted over
Verizon is going to blow the budget on brown paint
In this photo, a fellow had passed out leaning against the wall... a precious can of Four Loko by his side...
Previously on EV Grieve:
First tag reappears on the Verizon building
Brownout: Verizon building graffiti painted over
Verizon is going to blow the budget on brown paint
Labels:
13th Street,
East Village streetscenes,
graffiti,
Verizon
Monday, September 13, 2010
How now brown, uh, wall?
And now Verizon has repainted the wall along 13th Street at Second Avenue for the umpteenth time in the last few months....
Any bets how long before it's tagged again?
Previously on EV Grieve:
First tag reappears on the Verizon building
Brownout: Verizon building graffiti painted over
Any bets how long before it's tagged again?
Previously on EV Grieve:
First tag reappears on the Verizon building
Brownout: Verizon building graffiti painted over
Labels:
13th Street,
East Village,
graffiti,
street art,
Verizon
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Verizon is going to blow the budget on brown paint
On Thursday, we noted a Verizon working painting over a few tags on the 13th Street side of the Verison Building at Second Avenue...
[Photo courtesy of evilnyc]
...and just like that, the wall is full again...
Previously on EV Grieve:
First tag reappears on the Verizon building
Brownout: Verizon building graffiti painted over
[Photo courtesy of evilnyc]
...and just like that, the wall is full again...
Previously on EV Grieve:
First tag reappears on the Verizon building
Brownout: Verizon building graffiti painted over
Labels:
13th Street,
East Village streetscenes,
graffiti,
Verizon
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Verizon fights back against cupcake graffiti
We've been documenting the back-and-forth with the brown paint alongside the Verizon building on 13th Street at Second Avenue.... these appeared the other today...
And, courtesy of EV Grieve reader evilnyc, we see that Verizon has quickly struck back today...
I have a feeling they're going to need a lot of brown paint.
Previously on EV Grieve:
First tag reappears on the Verizon building
Brownout: Verizon building graffiti painted over
And, courtesy of EV Grieve reader evilnyc, we see that Verizon has quickly struck back today...
I have a feeling they're going to need a lot of brown paint.
Previously on EV Grieve:
First tag reappears on the Verizon building
Brownout: Verizon building graffiti painted over
Labels:
13th Street,
East Village streetscenes,
graffiti,
Verizon
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Another brown out: Verizon battles graffiti artists, take two
Back in April, workers painted over all the delicious tags on the Verizon building on 13th Street and Second Avenue... Then, in May, there was an epic bout of tagging...
So, yesterday, Verizon once again had workers paint the 13th Street wall brown... and as these photos courtesy of EV Grieve reader evilnyc show, the brown paint was barely dry before the building was tagged again...
Previously on EV Grieve:
First tag reappears on the Verizon building
Brownout: Verizon building graffiti painted over
So, yesterday, Verizon once again had workers paint the 13th Street wall brown... and as these photos courtesy of EV Grieve reader evilnyc show, the brown paint was barely dry before the building was tagged again...
Previously on EV Grieve:
First tag reappears on the Verizon building
Brownout: Verizon building graffiti painted over
Labels:
13th Street,
East Village streetscenes,
graffiti,
Verizon
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Yeah, we can hear you now, assholes
Many thanks to reader Empire for passing along these shots of a Verizon commercial being filmed right now on Seventh Street and Avenue A in front of the Yuca Bar.
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