Hear from an author and map designer who has been creating maps of the NYC subway, officially and unofficially, for over forty years!
A new street art hotspot has some unconventional holiday decorations!
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The day has come for 5 Pointz. Animal New York reports that as of this morning, “a backhoe began tearing
All you need is a Metrocard and a pair of eyes to realize that things in NYC are changing, fast.
Art in the streets is not a local or recent phenomenon. Whether you call it street art, graffiti or vandalism,
The iconic 5 Pointz building in Long Island City may have been painted over, but the artists can’t be
The spirit of Occupy Wall Street lives on as The Illuminator political art project roams New York City projecting guerrilla
If you love Queens, you’ll love this illustration project by artist Queens native Amol Sarva who is passionate about
Street art usually has a short shelf life. From the NYC Graffiti Free vans roaming the city, to the closing
What’s better than a post about cats? That there’s a 5Pointz graffiti cat? That Untapped Cities writer Rachel
Brownstoner Queens has some awesome photos and history of what 5Pointz was way before it was the beloved graffiti hotspot.
Meres One, the curator of 5Pointz, has created his first work since the whitewashing of 5Pointz. This black and white
Photo of Baxter the 5Pointz Graffiti Cat by Rachel Fawn Alban We remember the day we sent our writer and
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Photographer Eric Lau contacted us after seeing our coverage on the recent whitewashing of 5Pointz and shared his photographs of
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