Blue out at former Citibank branch on Avenue A

[June 9]

Less than a week since its arrival, someone painted over the mural that Solus (via the L.I.S.A Project NYC) created last Friday at the former Citibank branch on Avenue A between Third Street and Fourth Street...



Perhaps the landlord prefers this look...

Cowboy up on A

Over on Avenue A yesterday, Solus (via the L.I.S.A Project NYC) started work on the above mural here between Third Street and Fourth Street...

And today...



This retail space has sat empty since the Citibank branch closed in January 2017.

And how the space was looking before the cowboy mural arrived...



H/T The Dusty Rebel!

Pastel Spa & Nails closes on 2nd Avenue; murals outside tanned over

Pastel Spa & Nails shut down after the business day on Sunday... management here on Second Avenue and 12th Street left a note thanking its customers ...



No word what was behind this departure. (And another EV spa closure.) There are approved permits on file with the DOB for interior renovations, though they don't mention anything about the next tenant (or offer clues such as "eating and drinking establishment").

Meanwhile, a worker painted over the murals on the 12th Street side yesterday, as this photo via EVG reader Charlie Chen shows...


[Photo by Charlie Chen]



Back in September, six artists painted murals on this space — dubbed the #212wall.

Tuesday's parting shot

This mural arrived over the weekend here on St. Mark's Place between First Avenue and Second Avenue... Interstellar work by @dirtcobain and @outersource ...

And another angle via @dirtcobain ...

Head trip

A look at one of the new murals in the First Street Green Art Park ... Kathy Griffin (as Bat Woman) holding the head of Harvey Weinstein, courtesy of SacSix ...

Paul Kostabi at the 2nd Avenue F stop

Here's a look at Paul Kostabi's new mural outside the Second Avenue F stop at East Houston ...



This Instagram account has all the murals that have been in this space the past few years...

A look at the new #212wall

EVG reader Kerry on 12th shares the above photo, noting the new murals — called the #212wall — on the northwest corner of 12th Street at Second Avenue.

Here's a look at each mural ... (these replaced the mural here that had been tagged multiple times ... work started Thursday and wrapped up Friday)...


[@Hektad]


[thomasallen_nyc]


[@megzany]


[@acool55 + @outersource]


[@wrdsmth]


[@phoebenewyork]

H/T @just_a_spectator

Flashback: A mural for Princess Diana on Houston and Avenue B

As you likely know, today marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Shortly after her death in the Paris car crash, LES-based artist Chico created a mural in her honor on Houston at Avenue B (6 E. Houston St.) ...



Someone wasn't a big fan of the Royal Family....hence the "die" mustache ...

[Updated] Checking in on the Shepard Fairey mural on 11th Street and 1st Avenue

Here's how it's looking this morning, via a photo by EVG reader JG... Fairey started work on it Wednesday... it appears as if there's a little more to go, delayed by the rainy/windy weather.

Updated 3:30 p.m.

DNAinfo has more details on the mural, which is an image of Fairey's daughter when she was 3 years old. (She is now 11.)

"The title of the piece is 'Rise Above,' and its meant to be an uplifting image, a positive image to make people smile or to make New Yorkers look up," said Wayne Rada of the Little Italy Street Art (L.I.S.A.) Project.

[Updated] The return of an MCA memorial mural

This past weekend the above outline for an MCA/RIP mural arrived on Seventh Street just west of First Avenue. (Not sure at the moment if this is the final product or just the start...)

Back in May, someone vandalized the MCA mural created by @cramcept at this spot.



Adam Yauch, aka MCA of the Beastie Boys, died of cancer on May 4 2012. He was 47.

Updated 7:30 p.m.

This is the work of @cramcept,who will be working on the mural this week...



Previously on EV Grieve:
There's a new MCA in town

Logos Urbana at the 2nd Avenue F stop

Just checking out the final mural by BluDog10003 outside the Second Avenue F stop at East Houston ... The mural is called Logos Urbana...

And here's another angle via BluDog10003...

BluDog10003 leaving his mark on 2nd Avenue and East Houston

NYC-based artist BluDog10003 has been creating a new work on the mural wall outside the Second Avenue F stop at East Houston... EVG regular Lola Sáenz shared the above photo showing the progress.

You can keep tabs via @bludog10003

A #lovewall for St. Mark's Place

Earlier today, British-born artist James Goldcrown painted a mural of hearts on the side of Foot Gear Plus on St. Mark's Place at First Avenue...(he created a similar #lovewall earlier this year outside L'asso on Mott and Kenmare)...



Per his Instagram account, the hearts are for Paris...



Photos via EVG contributor Steven

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A photo posted by james goldcro👑n (@jgoldcrown) on Nov 17, 2015 at 1:05pm PST

In progress

Here's a look tho morning (above) at the mural by Dasic Fernández that has been going up on St. Mark's Place between Avenue A and First Avenue the past few days…

And here's a look at the mural from yesterday morning…

A new mural and beer store on 2nd Avenue and East 6th Street

[Photo Friday by Derek Berg]

Billy the Artist started a new mural on the northeast corner of Second Avenue and Sixth Street on Friday...alongside the former Spice space...


[Photo Saturday by Steven]

A business called Lions BeerStore is in the works here, per the sign on the gate.


[Photo by Vinny & O]

The website advertised takes you to a store that "is the brand name for combining high end beers, casual dining and bistro style." There is currently another location in the Greek port city of Thessaloniki.

As we understand it, the store will sell beer to go... as well as offer room inside for draft beers and food. Passersby have reported people out front collecting signatures .. ahead of October's CB3/SLA committee meeting.

And here's the look at the final mural yesterday...


[Photo Saturday by Steven]

And we hear that two of the panels are already missing since Saturday night...

Previously

A mural for 7th and B

As previously noted, GRIMACE and Pablo Ancona started working Saturday on a collaborative mural on East Seventh Street at Avenue B (commissioned by the building's co-op board)…

Derek Berg caught the work at the very beginning…





… and yesterday afternoon, Stacie Joy stopped by for an update…







… and a look at the finished work…

A splash of color for East 7th Street

This weekend on East Seventh Street at Avenue B, two muralists, GRIMACE and Pablo Ancona, are working on a collaborative piece ... which should be finished tomorrow...

Several readers wondered if this was something to distract people from those Theory ads (for the Gansevoort Street shop) that arrived in the window of Jillery this past week...



Photos by Bobby Williams

From St. Mark's Place to 'Moonbeam City'

EVG TV Show Mural correspondent Steven has been watching the progress along the wall outside Footgear Plus on First Avenue at St. Mark's Place... where work started on an ad for the new Comedy Central animated series "Moonbeam City," a sendup of 1980s cop shows, back on Wednesday (above)...





... and here's a look at the final product... an ode to the art-deco stylings of Patrick Nagel...