I noticed a little artwork on the wall of the former Tribe along St. Mark's Place at First Avenue....
Sunday:
Didn't last too long.
Tuesday:
Perhaps the landlord felt as if the art "was not going to enhance the aesthetic of the building."
And as far as I know, the tapas place is still expected in this location.
Showing posts with label graffiti. Show all posts
Showing posts with label graffiti. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
An afterschool special
On the side of the Tompkins Square Middle School on Avenue B near Fifth Street. I took this photo Tuesday night. By last night, the wall was graffiti free again.
Woah is me?
Labels:
11th Street,
East Village streetscenes,
graffiti,
whoa
Monday, June 8, 2009
No anarchy?
For months now, the anarchy graffiti was on the wall of the real estate office on 11th Street and Second Avenue.
And now...
Interpret this any way that you wish.
And now...
Interpret this any way that you wish.
Labels:
11th Street,
anarchy,
East Village streetscenes,
graffiti,
Second Avenue
Friday, June 5, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Kid A
I enjoyed watching the additions to this ad on the side of East Village Farms on Avenue A near Seventh Street....
Sadly! The kid was papered over with an ad for flavored vodka.
Sadly! The kid was papered over with an ad for flavored vodka.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Ramenification of Love Saves the Day continues
Yesterday morning, we noted the new plywood surrounding the former Love Saves the Day store on Second Avenue at Seventh Street... Now one of the last remaining bits of the former shop was removed -- the tiled Love Saves the Day sign above the storefront...
Here's how it looks now...
Also, as the Graffiti Friend of EV Grieve (GFOEVG) noted, the plywood covered two tags by longtime NYC graffiti artists, SEN4 and KAY2... their fate will soon be sealed under several coats of paint along with the rest of the colorful LSD façade...
[LSD tile photo via Racked]
Here's how it looks now...
Also, as the Graffiti Friend of EV Grieve (GFOEVG) noted, the plywood covered two tags by longtime NYC graffiti artists, SEN4 and KAY2... their fate will soon be sealed under several coats of paint along with the rest of the colorful LSD façade...
[LSD tile photo via Racked]
Monday, May 11, 2009
Not everyone thrilled about new ramen place coming to the former Loves Saves the Day spot
Seventh Street at Second Avenue, at the site of the shuttered Love Saves the Day. Which is becoming a ramen place.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Cleaning up the White Negro
A lot more White Negro tags have been spotted in recent weeks...
...of course, not everyone appreciates it.
But the tags seem like a challenge to remove.
For further reading:
From Mailer's "White Negro" to the Post-Hipster? (Patell and Waterman's History of New York)
...of course, not everyone appreciates it.
But the tags seem like a challenge to remove.
For further reading:
From Mailer's "White Negro" to the Post-Hipster? (Patell and Waterman's History of New York)
Labels:
East Village streetscenes,
graffiti,
street art,
White Negro
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Topshop posters are far too easy to deface
Monday, April 20, 2009
A new door at Zips
And now a mysterious new door has been added to the side of the former Zips Deli space at Avenue B and Fifth Street. Possibly a door to enter and exit the kitchen for an upscale diner-type place...?
Previous Zips coverage on EV Grieve.
Previous Zips coverage on EV Grieve.
Labels:
Avenue B,
East Fifth Street,
East Village,
graffiti,
new restaurants,
Zips
Sunday, April 12, 2009
The woman who "captured graffiti’s golden and assaultive years"
The Times has a feature on Martha Cooper, the photographer who captured the prolific NYC graffiti artists of the 1970s-1980s. As the paper notes, her 1984 book “Subway Art,” created with Henry Chalfant, a photographer and filmmaker, "captured graffiti’s golden and assaultive years."
The above photo from 1980 by Cooper at the East 180th Street subway platform in the Bronx.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Mischief
Labels:
East Village streetscenes,
graffiti,
Lower East Side,
mischief
Friday, March 27, 2009
The makeover at Zips continues: Now the graffiti is gone
As I noted last Friday, the former Zips Deli on Avenue B at Fifth Street is getting a makeover
The hot rumor — which means it's wrong — is an upscale diner-type place. (As long as it's not another cafe-bakery-small-plates-type place. Or a bar. Or yogurt. Or...)
Anyway, while on the way home from work, I noticed the paint job...and removal of the graffiti...
This will not make the Graffiti Friend of EV Grieve very happy.
Meanwhile, the work permit made an appearance the past week.
The hot rumor — which means it's wrong — is an upscale diner-type place. (As long as it's not another cafe-bakery-small-plates-type place. Or a bar. Or yogurt. Or...)
Anyway, while on the way home from work, I noticed the paint job...and removal of the graffiti...
This will not make the Graffiti Friend of EV Grieve very happy.
Meanwhile, the work permit made an appearance the past week.
Labels:
Avenue B,
East Fifth Street,
East Village,
graffiti,
new restaurants,
Zips
Friday, March 20, 2009
Houston and Avenue B in 1997....and 2007
Two weeks back, we mentioned the new mural by Chico and Tats Cru on Houston and Avenue B.
Here's a quick look at some recent history of the corner...
May 2007:
September 1997:
Someone wasn't a big fan of the Royal Family....hence the "die" mustache for the late Diana, Princess of Wales.
[The 2007 photo via the Associated Press; the 1997 photo via the Grieve family camera]
Here's a quick look at some recent history of the corner...
May 2007:
September 1997:
Someone wasn't a big fan of the Royal Family....hence the "die" mustache for the late Diana, Princess of Wales.
[The 2007 photo via the Associated Press; the 1997 photo via the Grieve family camera]
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