More on the mosque street art

On Saturday, I made note of these posters seen on Avenue A and 14th Street.... It's the work of the collective Concerned New Yorkers. I had missed the stories on their work in NYPress and the Huffington Post...

Sticker art prompting pro-con Islamic center debate

You've probably seen this stickers on the northern stretch of Avenue A and on 14th Street... it's an attempt to promote some pro-con discussion about the mosque/community center that apparently has been in the news lately....



So... how's it going so far....?



Hmmm....

East Village couple protest for mosque developers’ rights

At the Tribeca Tribune, Matt Dunning has the story of an East Village couple protesting in favor of the mosque plans near the World Trade Center site.

Per the article:

Julia Lundy, 28, and her boyfriend, Matt Sky, 26, were sitting in their East 5th Street apartment earlier this week, growing increasingly angry as they watched the exhaustive national debate over the proposed center—at 45-47 Park Place in Lower Manhattan—unfold before them. After talking it over, the couple decided to take to the street outside the former Burlington Coat Factory where the Cordoba Initiative hopes to carry out its plans for the project they call Park51.

On Tuesday and Wednesday they stood there, waving signs that read “America Supports All Faiths” and “Support Freedom of Religion.” The couple says they intend to be there for up to 10 hours a day for the next several days in an effort to rally support for the project.

[Photo by Matt Dunning / Tribeca Trib]