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Better Visit 5Pointz While You Still Can

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http://5ptz.com/graff/ 5Pointz Aerosol Art Center, Inc. is an outdoor art exhibit space in Long Island City, New York, considered to be the world‚??s premiere ‚??graffiti Mecca,‚?? where aerosol artists from around the globe paint colorful pieces on the walls of a 200,000-square-foot factory building. The name 5Pointz signifies the five boroughs coming together as one but, because of its reputation as an epicenter of the graffiti scene, the industrial complex has actually united aerosol artists from across the world. Legendary writers from Canada, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Japan, Brazil, and all over the United States have painted on the building walls, including Stay High 149, Tracy 168, Cope2, Part, and Tats Cru. Over the past decade, the striking, graffiti-covered warehouse has attracted several hip-hop and R&B stars, including Doug E. Fresh, Kurtis Blow, Grandmaster Kaz, Mobb Deep, Rahzel, DJ JS-1, Boot Camp Clik, Joan Jett, and Joss Stone. On any given day, 5Pointz visitors can expect to find prominent artists, musicians, deejays, Emcees (rappers), and B-boys (break dancers) on site, in addition to filmmakers, photographers, and entire tour buses full of admirers soaking in the more than 350 Technicolor murals. The gallery curator is graffiti veteran Jonathan Cohen, best known by his signature tag, ‚??Meres One.‚?? His goal is to convert the five-story, block-long industrial complex at Jackson Avenue and Davis Street, formerly the Phun Phactory, into a graffiti art museum. Mission Statement 5Pointz gallery curator, Meres, plans to convert the five-story, block-long industrial complex at Jackson Avenue and Davis Street into a graffiti museum. He is currently seeking a 501(c)3 certification for 5Pointz to confer tax-exempt status and allow tax-deductible donations. In addition, he plans to open a school for aspiring aerosol artists, complete with a formalized curriculum that imparts lessons in teamwork, art history, and entrepreneurship
Photo: Alex S. MacLean/?? 2011 Alex S. MacLean / Landslides

Those who would like to save the graffiti-covered building in Queens known as 5pointz are running out of options. A federal judge on Tuesday decided he had no standing to issue a permanent injunction halting the building’s demolition, after an earlier ruling temporarily halted it. The judge, Frederick Block, said there was nothing he could do to prevent the building’s owners from razing it and building luxury condo towers, as they had all their permits in place. But hey, condo towers, you don’t see those every day!

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