![]() ![]() The building was not particularly architecturally significant, however it did reflect a proud expansion of the initiatives popularized by Fordism. When the actual structure of what would become 5 Pointz was competed in the 1890s, it was for a water meter factory. So what happened? How did arguably one of the most fascinating and potentially influential street-art venues in New York become a pile of rubble? Indeed the Times once referred to the building as being made of ‘murals with allegorical tales of good and evil, modern takes on Rembrandt, variations on and homages to grunge comix and the golden age of Mad magazine.’ It was an oddity in the infamously informal world for its self-seeking legitimacy: boasting a curator, paid staff and even write ups in the New York Times. For decades, a towering former factory was hailed as, if not the center of street-art, than certainly one if its strongest facilitators. ![]()
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