Five Years Ago

The graffiti wall in Plainfield, NJ. This is just off of East Fifth Street. The graffiti artists who did graphics for the front and side of the business where this is located apparently have been given the wall to do whatever they wish art-wise. It's constantly changing. I should walk by and snag a shot of the latest.

The Graffiti Wall

 

A wall in the back of a building in Plainfield seems to have been given to graffiti artists in exchange for them doing actual graphics on the front and side wall of said building.

I am a Bench

 

Yes, I am a Bench and my name is Rambo.

Deal with it.

Graffiti seen in Bridgewater,NJ.

Watching the Artists?

 

I took this photo on one of the narrow side streets in the Chinatown area of Manhattan. I couldn't help but notice that the security camera at the upper right corner obviously didn't control the graffiti. Nor did the No Parking Anytime sign keep a person from hitching the bike to the signpost. What did surprise me is that no one marked up the bike with graffiti!

The Words of the Prophets

 

... are written on the subway walls and tenement halls ... -- Paul Simon

Well, um, okay. Perhaps the prophets writing on the subway halls had a bit more "there there" than the ones in today's world. I took this shot of a post in the subway somewhere under Manhattan. I'm really not quite sure the point it makes. Why would both fears and kindness convert in love? I understand the part about beating our fears and nothing can stop us from ... um ... succeedING.

Oh, I'm so confused! I'm not going to listen to this prophet. Let me find another one!

Behind the Fence

 

There's a building in Plainfield where the graffiti artists practice their work. It's a revolving door of artwork, eventually painted over black, then new art magically appearing.

Grate Faces

 

Graffiti art on a business security grate in Plainfield, NJ.

Trains to Hell

 

No, I didn't do the graffiti. But, there ya go.

Feral Child

 

Graffiti on the old Germania Bank building on Bowery Street in Manhattan.

Slow Death of a Pay Phone

 

ET wouldn't want to call home from this phone!

Videoland con Tylenol

 

Nighttime on the Lower East Side.

Love Stories Suck

 

Preach it! Graffiti on a clothes donation bin in Plainfield, NJ.

I Kill Vampires

 

Graffiti on a bench in Plainfield, NJ. Is there something going on that I should know about?

Pray for Pills

 

190 Bowery Street in NYC. Since the mid-sixties this old Germania Bank building was owned by a photographer who lived on the upper floors. He sealed off the lower floors and let graffiti go wild. New owners recently bought the building and apparently flipped it. The end of an era is at hand.

Pray for Pills is a fairly popular stencil graffiti in the city. I'm not sure if it's related to the song 'Pray for Pills' by Small Leaks Sink Ships.