I was visiting a friend in Queens today and she took me to the see this huge building completely covered in graffiti. It is an amazing sight, a block covered from head-to-toe in graffiti art work. There are some interesting and brilliant pieces on the building, I really liked some of the bigger murals and comic-book work.
When I got home I did a bit of Internet research and found out that '5 Pointz' is an aerosol art centre that uses a 200,000 square-foot factory building as it's canvas. '5 Pointz' is so-called as it represents the 5 boroughs of NYC coming together as one, however people from all over the world have come to contribute to the "graffiti mecca".
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'5 Pointz' Graffiti Centre |
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It is also a car park! |
The graffiti centre is located on Davis Street, Long Island City and is easy to get to using the E, 7, M or G trains. It is definitely worth checking out! For more information visit
http://5ptz.com/graff/.
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