large-scale graffiti in New York: 5Pointz, an outdoor graffiti gallery in Long Island City. In the early nineties, a building owner named Jerry Wolkoff gave graffiti artists permission to paint ...

A dominant visual aspect of the day, graffiti widely spread around New York City at this time, with subways, building walls, almost anything being tagged by artists including Dondi, Seen ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- A surge in gun violence ... At his press briefing, de Blasio was asked about removing the graffiti on the buildings around City Hall -- not City Hall, itself, which is ...

Over the past few weeks, renowned British street artist Banksy has taken New York City by storm, leaving a trail of spray paint in his wake. But graffiti ... hope to tear the building down by ...

But it became an art form in New York City, says Eric Felisbret, author of “Graffiti New York ... some artists became brazen, painting buildings and walls even in the middle of the ...

the developers of two large apartment complexes hope to tear the building down by the end of 2013, although members of the Long Island City community are fighting the demolition plans. New York ...

Respected New York photographer Henry Chalfant is clearly delighted by how Birmingham is showcasing his work in a new ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- A battle is brewing ... You may have glimpsed it from the "7" train – a huge Long Island City building, a graffiti palace known as "5Pointz." It's a place where aerosol ...

New York City has stopped a popular graffiti-removal program, frustrating business owners trying to combat vandalism. The $3 million Graffiti-Free NYC program was first suspended in March due to ...

Gabriel Taussig, a lawyer for New York City, said the law ... covered subway cars and many buildings. Police 'concentrating on terrorism,' not graffiti “Graffiti is on the rise.