Birthday Surprise for Marty
Sunday, March 10th, 2013
The Houston/Bowery Mural Wall, a surprise to honor legendary graffiti photographer Martha Cooper’s 70th birthday. More on this on EV Grieve and Brooklyn Street Art
New Centre-Fuge
Saturday, February 16th, 2013
Painted Truck
Friday, January 18th, 2013
So what does that tag say is it NISI, NISM, or NASA, I”m guessing NASA. But the real star is that beautifully lined masked character on the back. Is that ‘elione’ tagged below it, a signature?
Ancient Temple Appears on Ave C
Monday, January 7th, 2013 
Nicolina Johnson and Perola Bonfanti are creating portals in the East Village. This one on an old bank building on Avenue C makes clever use of the existing architectural decoration.
Third Street and Second Avenue. The QR code takes you to the project’s website.
Centre-Fuge 6
Sunday, December 2nd, 2012
Random Walk Around the Neighborhood
Sunday, November 25th, 2012
Vacant lot on Attorney Street.
It was a gray Sunday afternoon here in NYC. I had no inspiration for a photo destination. So I flipped a coin: heads, I go out, tails I watch Netflix. It was heads. I grabbed my gear and a die. Jiggled it in my pocket a couple of times then looked at it to see which side was up. 1: I go north, 2: go south, 3: go east, 4: go west, 5&6 continue in the direction I was heading. At every intersection I repeated the process. If I was unable to proceed I rolled the die until I could. The process is weighted so that it will take me further afield, by going in the same direction more often. But you can change the rules to suit your taste. For example 5 could be stay in that spot and try to find something interesting to shoot for five minutes. And 6 could be pick your own direction. The idea is to take me to places in my neighborhood that I don’t normally go. These particular rules are ideal for a city street grid, but they can be modified for suburban strolls by substituting: left, right, forward, backwards, etc. If the roll takes you back the direction you came, walk on the other side of the street.
The result today was, the sun came out, and I got a bunch of photos that I would never have found if I didn’t go on a random neighborhood walk.
Looks like this location on Avenue C for the New York City Housing Authority is for rent.
Not sure what to make of this paste-up piece off Avenue C, but maybe it makes cents to you.
I interpret this sidewalk piece on Stanton Street to say I kill you.
Kiss Jumble
Tuesday, October 16th, 2012
I’m amused watching the Kiss mural on this construction shed getting jumbled like a puzzle.
Looking Askance
Monday, October 15th, 2012
When I saw Kenny Scharf painting this mural a couple of weeks ago, he was asking whether he should climb up the precarious ladder and paint one more character on top of the painting. Saying he didn’t like repeating character colors I suggested a shiny black face looking askance at the rest cavorting below. I think he took my suggestion to heart.
New Kenny Scharf on Norfolk St.
Sunday, September 30th, 2012
I was glad to catch Kenny Scharf finishing up this new mural on Norfolk Street yesterday as I was headed out to the Dumbo Arts festival.
