Saturday, April 12, 2008

Things Are Changing: Main & 21st

I pass this building on a near-daily basis, and love it.

Dayshot, one month ago:


I once rode by at midnight from a show at Zero-Point Space and met two street artists with wheat-paste in hand, ready to add their mark to the wall. I love that something someone abandoned and can be turned into a canvas.

The new windows indicate that this building might not be such a willing canvas for much longer.

Nightshot, recently:

A larger piece on the side of the building:


Apologies for the poor use of flash; the light on my bike wasn't very effective. It is sad that guerrilla art is a casualty of gentrification.

Google's "Street View" option shows men at work on the side of the building:


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3 comments:

  1. Those windows have been on there for awhile now. It's like there just done?

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  2. Hmm, you're right. I'm hopeful that something will be done with the place eventually.

    The doors have since been boarded up again, which is not a good sign. I would like to think that change is happening... very, very, very slowly.

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  3. yeah, that building use to be very bad looking now nothing is happing. Ive seen ALOT of changes on Boadway now. I went to the new Sbarro today. Have you been yet?

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