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For the past four years, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers who have walked by or on top of the orange lines have unwittingly passed what is the biggest graffiti tag in the world. The tag, which is so vast that all parts of it cannot be viewed at the same time, was created by an artist known as Momo in 2006 and consists of a single paint line that runs about eight miles long and spells out his name.
It runs from the East River to the Hudson River and extends north to 14th Street and south to Grand Street. The line runs over curbstones and subway grates and zigzags around lampposts and manhole covers. Its route begins at the edge of a West Side pier and ends after crossing a footbridge over the Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive. “I wanted to make a trail that people could follow,” Momo said. “And I realized that I could write something if I planned it out with the street grid.”
The project was inspired by a series of purple footprints that were painted on Manhattan sidewalks in 1986, which stretched all the way from the Upper East Side down to Foley Square. Those mysterious markings led to a spot on Eldridge Street on the Lower East Side, where the city had bulldozed an elaborate community garden called the Garden of Eden, which had been created by a squatter named Adam Purple. Momo said he glimpsed the footprints as a child and was captivated.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution color photographs, a slide show and a documentary short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/09/18/momo-tags-manhattan-the-biggest-graffiti-tag-in-the-world/For the past four years, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers who have walked by or on... more
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The Adjustment Bureau is filming at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on October 7.
Rescue Me is filming around Leonard St & Meeker Ave in Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Thanks OLV for the great tips!!
“Gossip Girl” is filming at Silvercup Studios (Long Island City, NY),
“How to Make it in America” is filming from 10:30am - City Stages (W. 19th Street)/”Avenue” in NYC.
“Nurse Jackie” is filming at Astoria Studios in New York City
“Law and Order SVU” is filming atFDU Stages, North Bergen, NJ
“Wall Street 2” starring Michael Douglas is filming at Central Park Zoo, 850 5th Ave and 64th Street, there is about a 6:30am start
“The Other Guys” is filming at The Greenwoods Cemetery in Brooklyn NY. (Thanks Neal for your tips!!)
Click on the link for more tipsThe Adjustment Bureau is filming at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on October 7.
Rescue Me... more
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Alphabeta is a new store in Greenpoint, Brooklyn that specializes in everything you need for graffiti. Check out an upcoming event the store is hosting with graff artists both old and new.Alphabeta is a new store in Greenpoint, Brooklyn that specializes in everything you... more
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Best line: "We don't need money, we don't need magazines ... we just need our imaginations."
I do like Yeasayer and MGMT a lot, honestly. But OK, where's next? This shit is so over now.Best line: "We don't need money, we don't need magazines ... we just... more
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Greenpoint, Brooklyn is a quiet residential neighborhood in New York CIty. But underneath part of the neighborhood lies the remains of an oil spill that goes back 100 years. Exxon Mobil and others have been working with the DEC since 1990 and have to date remediated half of the 9 million gallon spill. Still some argue that the clean up should be over by now and are concerned about potential health and environmental risks. The Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and the advocacy group Riverkeeper are both suing Exxon in hopes that they will step up the act and that some soil and vapor testing will be done. Exxon did some tests in 2005 and found no damage and these tests were approved by the DEC. Still the DEC is in the process of conducting their own soil test an those suing would like to see a comprehensive health study as well.Greenpoint, Brooklyn is a quiet residential neighborhood in New York CIty. But... more
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