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Alphabet City – “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” – photos
April 19th, 2012 by Mr. C
A weekday gander around alphabet city led me onto some new and old graff pieces including the mural on Gil Scott-Heron on 12th & Avenue C and the mocking of The Fancy buff over Pinterest which The Fancy commisioned the Tats Cru to paint. The Fancy piece can be found on 2nd street by Avenue […]
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cherry blossoms and graffiti in brick city – NJ
April 18th, 2012 by Mr. C
After our recent expedition to the Brooklyn Botanical Garden to take a peek at the cherry blossoms, I HAD to represent and pay homage to one of our nations largest collection of cherry blossom trees – a mere 4,300+ trees – I was told! And located where? Right in my homestate of NJ and only […]
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brooklyn botanical garden – photos
April 10th, 2012 by Mr. C
We spent a better part of Easter Sunday at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden to soak in some nature to offset the concrete slabs with the hopes to catch some cherry blossoms in bloom but I think we were just a few days too early. According to this really neat map offered online by Brooklyn Botanical […]
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NJ Graffiti Mural Causes Uproar
April 9th, 2012 by chocko
A Trayvon Martin (a teenager shot and killed in Sanford, Florida) tribute mural recently completed in Elmwood Park, New Jersey features a hooded figure and graffiti. The mysterious man depicted with the hoodie is actually a a self-portrait of local artist, Joe Iurato who has been painting faceless, hooded figures for quite some time now. […]
Tags: demer, elmwood park, graffiti, joe Iuratato, mr. mustart, mural, new jersey, nj, snow, street art, trayvon martin
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Lower East Chinese Side + DUMBO Brooklyn – photos
April 9th, 2012 by Mr. C
You can take my idaho potatoes, oranges, and bean sprouts but you cannot have my cart! – Chatham Square, Chinatown who needs polo on horseback – fuggetaboutit!! – Sarah D Roosevelt Park DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bride Overpass) – Brooklyn (all photos by mr c)
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Bowery Graffiti and Street Art
March 13th, 2012 by chocko
Chocko was hovering around the Bowery last week and noticed some changes in the scenery. It was a surprise to see the completed RETNA mural on the corner of Bowery and Houston Street. At first look, it appears to be ancient script or Hieroglyphics-meets-gang-graffiti in dripping red and blue paint. What does it all mean? […]
Tags: billy's antiques, bowery, graffiti, houston street, mural, new york city, nyc, retna, street art
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street art in money makin manhattan
March 4th, 2012 by Mr. C
Just a few tags that I ran across while combing the streets today enroute to the Japan Society for the “Love Will Tear Us Apart” movie program. Some pieces include the Num Pang mural inside this Cambodian sandwich shop on 41st street by the Tuff City Crew and artwork by the Roxx Cru on the […]
Tags: graffiti, new york city, street art
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Sara D Roosevelt Park
February 21st, 2012 by Mr. C
Sara D. Roosevelt park provides a green oasis in the urban trenches of lower manhattan that stretches from east Houston to Canal street bordered between Chrystie & Forsyth on the lower east side all the way down to chinatown. On a nice early sunday morning stroll in this park, you will bear witness to dragons […]
Tags: chinatown, sara d roosevelt park
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celebrating chinese new year at PEARL RIVER MART
February 6th, 2012 by Mr. C
(all pics & video by mr c) The Wan Chi Ming – Hung Gar Kung Fu School were called upon once again to help celebrate chinese new year outside the storefront of Pearl River Mart by performing a traditional southern lion dance on jongs (poles-stilts) and another lion dance routine that showed the side-effects of […]
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new york hospitality
February 2nd, 2012 by Mr. C
Upon frolicking in the streets of the east village & lower east side, we sometimes get greeted by this at the crosswalk as mondocurry recently witnessed on suffolk street…..fuggettaboutit! (photo taken on 1st avenue & 3rd street)
Tags: street art
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t-mobile advertisement on canal street-chinatown,nyc
February 2nd, 2012 by Mr. C
T-Mobile, I think you’re tootin’ your horn just a little bit! Your data speeds could never match the bootleg process on Canal Street! Suffice to say that this ad was taken down just as quick as NYPD can make a donut run to the Donut Pub on 14th street. ~june 2011~ Photo by Christina from […]
Tags: ad, chinatown, t-mobile
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The 10th Annual New York Korean Film Festival at BAM Rose Cinema – Brooklyn
February 1st, 2012 by Mr. C
VIA the KOREA SOCIETY The Korea Society presents the 10th New York Korean Film Festival with new releases showcasing the popular and prolific in Korean film. In cooperation with partners BAM Cinématek and CJ Entertainment, this 10th festival features blockbusters, cutting-edge action, drama, and comedy at BAM Rose Cinema. ———————————————————————– Friday, February 24 – Sunday, […]
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