Son, they painted over 5 Pointz!!! :(

[fase]

http://gothamist.com/2013/11/19/photos_graffiti_mecca_5_pointz_is_b.php

Days after a rally where supporters promised to save it, Long Island City graffiti destination 5 Pointz is now being painted white. 5 Pointz NYC, the "official" Twitter for the space, noted that the painting occurred overnight, "with police protection."

More painting is going on now, and there also looks be to security as well. The building, owned by the Wolkoff family, is being turned into luxury condos—the warehouse will actually be razed. The City Council approved the plan, noting 1,000 union jobs would be created, plus there would be 12,000 square feet of art space, 10,000 square feet of external panels for aerosol art, and 32,000 square feet of public space.

While artists, including 5 Pointz curator Meres One, had protested the plan, a judge said last week that he couldn't grant an injunction.

 

[Gandolpiffini]

Gentrification

 

[fase]

how the hell do i properly embed those tweets?

never mind.

 

[Kings County]

it aint their building they can do what they want with it

 

[OnlyInCalifornia]

Well damn, that was on my list of shyt to see in NYC. Aint that a bytch.

 

[atlbound]

nas just cant win

 

[fase]

it aint their building they can do what they want with it

 

[Rekkapryde]

it aint their building they can do what they want with it

Unfortunately, that's the truth...

 

[Jimmy ValenTime]

the guys that ran that space were a bunch of dikk heads

and it wasnt they buliding ...

cant cry for douche bags ..

 

[ashtray]

Gentrification

" 1,000 union jobs would be created"

keep living in poverty brehs

 

[DStyles]

Graffiti is vandalism so

 

[kingdizzy01]

dabs for all them artists' tho. fukked up!

 

[Apollo Kid]

Why did they paint it over if they were going to demolish it anyway?

 

[Mike Ock]

fuuuuuuucccckkkkk....I've never got a pic of me in front of the shyt. I just took pics of others and the building itself. My avi pic is from the last time I was there.

 

[OnlyInCalifornia]

Why did they paint it over if they were going to demolish it anyway?

It was a symbolic gesture.