A Last Refuge for Pasted Paper
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
Since 11 Spring was buffed. This building at Wooster and Grand, once a candy factory but now gutted and awaiting some other fate, has been one of the last refuges for pasted paper street art in Manhattan. Jay Maisel’s building on Bowery and Spring is still going strong. You can also find a small pasted facade on Mercer Street and small pieces stuck up all through SOHO. But the Rivington Street spot where Swoon had a mural for some years, was buffed and now is occupied by a sprayed on tag. You can also find some paper off the West Side Hwy in the 20′s. There must be pastings somewhere in the Meat Packing District but I haven’t checked recently. I guess I should include the legal wall at Houston and Bowery to complete the tour.
You are right. This is just about the last refuge for pasted paper in Lower Manhattan. Pretty soon all of downtown will be totally Gentrified. It already looks like a big mall.
Yeah, I feel like I’m documenting an endangered species on this island.
Where was this taken?
I guess it can’t hurt to say that now. It is soon to go away. Check it out while you can. It’s at Grand and Wooster Streets in downtown Manhattan.