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

[Poitier]

Glad I got to see and live in the last remnants of the old NYC before they transition into the new age

 

[smokeurobinson]

Sad news for Hip Hop. 5 pointz was a beautiful thing to watch while going towards Queens Plaza on the 7 train. It was urban art at its finest and it was beautiful seeing how it was treated as such for so long. Hip Hop has taken an L on this one.

 

[CapitalOne]

the painted over the biggie mural

 

[Animal House]

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

 

[A.V.]

That's art son.

I have pictures of pieces from five points going back years and there's always been amazing graffiti there.

I think many people don't understand though. That's pretty much the mecca of graffiti in America and quite possibly the world. It was commissioned and people were allowed to do art at Five Pointz soit was legal and approved by the previous owners. It was only when the building was sold to outside investors/realtors that Five Points was whitewashed and set up to be demolished/repurposed and made into Generic Hipster/Transplant/Gentrification lot #4355

Graffiti writers from all around the world, Europe, South America, Asia, etc..came to five points to do pieces.

Ofcourse none of you know or respect the culture of graffiti or would know about the writers and whatnot. From what I expect most of you are just suburban sheltered lames that really don't know anything about art or anything about culture. There's a f*cking 15 page thread on Lady Gaga here in the booth for crying out loud. I can't take y'all seriously when I know most of you are pop fans that just casually partake in hip-hop culture as just entertainment from wal-mart world. Xbox 360, monster energy drinks, and reruns of Family Guy and don't know ANYTHING about hip-hop culture.

But that's the mentality that allows Five Poiintz to get got and you believe it. Bloomberg would be proud. I'm pretty sure you'll probably be begging to moveto whatever MTV REal World 2 Broke Girls LIC HIpster yup loft $4400 a month dream apartment comes next up in that spot not knowing you said this earlier on.

 

[Poitier]

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

the painted over the biggie mural

I have a picture of myself next to that Biggie mural from five years ago...

 

[Mensch Fontana]

I cant respect anything spelled with a z

 

[smokeurobinson]

This thread should be stickied at the least for 1 day.

 

[IPunchFaces]

RIP 5 Pointz NYC

 

[tremonthustler1]

I live in a city where shytty, old neon colored buildings are protected by law. Things like 5 Pointz should be covered by similar laws. There should at least be a hearing where the artistic merits of keeping something like 5 Pointz could be decided fairly. It adds to the culture of the city. Graffiti/Street art won't be fully appreciated for at least another 20 years, and by then most of the best existing work will be gone. It's a shame.

New York City doesn't give a fukk about culture or art anymore.

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

New York City doesn't give a fukk about culture or art anymore.

Really tho. America doesn't give a fukk about culture or art...unless there's money to be made from it.

That's why endless arts programs are being cut left and right in schools across the country.

 

[SuikodenII]

NYC= New Yuppie City

Sad shyt

It will be replaced by probably yet another loft apartment building that will be filled with wanna-be urban tryhard pansexual vegan artisinal mixologists from Des Moine, Iowa living off of mommy and daddy's dime.

 

[SuikodenII]

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.

So.........they're constructing another spot for graffiti artists to replace the original 5-P?

 

[Ninjaz In Paris]

Long Island City graffiti destination 5 Pointz is now being painted white.

the irony...