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I always thought that instituting a similar policy as was done at Five Points in Long Island City in Queens in New York City (a curator who allowed talentedt ar
by codyb 11y ago
I always thought that instituting a similar policy as was done at Five Points in Long Island City in Queens in New York City (a curator who allowed talentedt artists to contiually refresh the walls of an abandoned warehouse with beautiful pieces of art and graffiti) would be awesome for the subways here in NYC.
They're just silver boxes with a tiny US flag as it stands now. They're pretty clean which is nice, they feature advertising although unless a company like Pepsi or Google buys the entire train's advertising and remakes their outsides as well it's generally not particularly intrusive (and to be fair, I found the Fanta train kind of neat).
I'd like to see more art in general although in neighborhoods like Bushwick there is generally a fair amount, and if you keep your eyes peeled there's still quite a fair amount of illicit street art as well. I'm all for it and think there should be a concerted effort to provide and encourage those who'd like to try with places to practice and eventually when they're very good rotating spots around the city.
In a city of 8.5 million in the five boroughs alone how could we not make use of our artists more effectively?
- yincrash 11y agoThe subway trains used to be covered in graffiti. This changed in the mid 80s. I suspect the ridership would prefer them blank. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffiti_in_New_York_City#Clean_Train_Movement_era https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffiti_in_New_York_City#Cl...
- peferron 11y agoI don't know about NYC, but in Paris most of the graffity are ugly, uninspired scribblings like this: http://iyftc1oqf704bytwz45ub151.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/RER-Train-Interior-Graffiti-Subway-Paris-France-Metro.jpg http://iyftc1oqf704bytwz45ub151.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-c... http://www.theworldisnotflat.com/files/includes/images/112-296304503_6eae712317.jpg-v-0.jpg http://www.theworldisnotflat.com/files/includes/images/112-2... (at least this one is mildly colorful) Similar things are scratched on subway windows. It's hard not to wish them gone.
- yincrash 11y agoThe window etchings are definitely the worst. Thanks for making the window basically unusable, taggers. edit: here's an example of an nyc subway car from the 70s https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City_Subway#/media/File%3AGRAFFITI_ON_A_SUBWAY_CAR_ON_THE_LEXINGTON_AVENUE_LINE_IN_NEW_YORK_CITY._IN_1973_TRANSIT_AUTHORITY_POLICE_ARRESTED..._-_NARA_-_556811.jpg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City...
- codyb 11y agoFor reference, I did not mean unregulated graffiti but, as I mentioned, more along the regulated nature of Five Points NYC which looked like this before it was pointed over a few months ago. [0] [0] - http://inhabitat.com/nyc/wp-content/blogs.dir/2/files/2012/01/5pointz-demolition-537x390.jpg http://inhabitat.com/nyc/wp-content/blogs.dir/2/files/2012/0...