I am not against grafitti, but I am against this crapola. Who in their right mind would change the beautiful lettering on this classic circa 1900 warehouse on Third Avenue which used to be the Daily News Garage? Were they high?
"Yo dude..wouldn't it be AWE-some if we like, crossed out the word garage and have like a dude rock climbing? Only the rocks will be dayglo paint blobs?!"
"That would be AWE-some dude let's do it up!"
And there you have it. Visual ca-ca.
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I love the old camera icon in their logo.
that is some seriously lame graffiti.
I would categorize that as vandalism...except it was done by the owners so they can't get arrested.
It is lame, but you reminded me that I have been meaning to take my kids there.
It just goes to show you that even bad press is good press!
Considering this was an empty space and someone came along with a new idea and made it into something pretty cool is refreshing. I also have to point out that they left the Daily News sign intact and only used paint to mark their business. They could just have easily mounted an awning or flat out destroyed the old logo and put up something modern and new. I think that they only used paint, which can be removed pretty easily if need be, sows some sensitivity to the history of the building. If a developer would have bought this place it would have been leveled and a new crappy built tower would have replaced it.
Yeah, it kind of looks like they have converted it into a climbing club, so changing the sign a bit so people can find them doesn't seem that unreasonable??
Before you trash the whole business you should take a look at the inside. It's full of graffiti done by legitimate and excellent local graffiti artists.
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