This is an awesome piece of work: The words “FAME GAME” spelled out with a wood frame and affixed to…
Fame Game 2
Another shot of “FAME GAME” at 11 Spring Street, in Nolita, NYC. Ivan Corsa Photo
Fame Game 1
One more shot of “FAME GAME” at 11 Spring Street (on Elizabeth Street) in downtown Manhattan. Ivan Corsa Photo
JC on Crosby, SoHo
Here’s a small up by “JC” on Crsoby Street in SoHo, Manhattan’s famed lofts district. Ivan “Van” Corsa Photo
“FC” Signed by “Claw” on Crosby Street, SoHo, NYC
Previously we posted an a shot of an up by “Claw.” The graf had the ubiquitous upturned cartoon-like ideogram of…
“Claw” Strikes Back with “FC”
Our girl “Claw” strikes again. This time with the “F.C.” signature. Go figure. This up is on a wall along…
Lightning Bolt on Ludlow Street, Lower East Side
We love the graphic idea for this throw-up on Ludlow Street in the Lower East Side, which is now going…
Boombox Dude by WK Interact 02
Here’s a details of the boombox in a wheat-paste artwork by New York City artist WK Interact next to the…
Boombox Dude by WK Interact 01
Here’s another awesome — and new — piece of wheat-paste artwork by New York City artist WK Interact. This work…
Artist Rich Jacobs: Work in Progress at Eleven 03
Here’s a shot of the artist Rich Jacobs, a super-nice guy who took a few minutes break from his work…
Artist Rich Jacobs: Work in Progress at Eleven 02
Here’s another shot (this time with a stray passerby talking one cell phone) of a work of Rich Jacobs’ artwork…
Artist Rich Jacobs: Work in Progress at Eleven 01
Here’s a shot of a work of street art in progress by artist Rich Jacobs at Eleven vintage clothing store,…
Exhibitionist Shop Graf, LES
This is some serious aerosol work on super-trendy Orchard Street on the Lower East Side, in New York City. The…
“Arab”
This tag is jarring, not so much for its style or boldness or scale, but because of the moniker itself.…
Adidas Store Frontage. Soho, NYC 03
Here’s a beter view of the interior (as well as the collection of sneakers and other merch) through the front…
Adidas Store Frontage. Soho, NYC 02
Another shot of the front of the Adidas sneaker concept store in Soho, in New York City. Ivna Corsa Photo
Adidas Store Frontage. Soho, NYC 01
German shoemaker Adidas has a fashion-forward concept store for its designer sneakers on cobblestoned Wooster Street in Soho, in New…
Week 2: Time Magazine Graffiti Billboard 07
Previously we reported on the Time magazine billboard at Houston and Wooster streets in Soho, NYC, where large colorful tags…
Week 2: Time Magazine Graffiti Billboard 06
A detail shot of the Time magazine “graf” billboard that hangs on a lofts apartment building at the corner of…
Week 2: Time Magazine Graffiti Billboard 05
Another (slightly wider) detail shot of the Time magazine Cope2 graffiti billboard at Houston and Wooster streets in Soho, New…
Week 2: Time Magazine Graffiti Billboard 04
Another wider, zoom shot of the Time magazine Cope2 graffiti billboard in Soho, New York City. Notes: Sneakers on our…
Week 2: Time Magazine Graffiti Billboard 03
Another distant zoom of the Time magazine Cope2 graffiti billboard in Soho, New York City. Notes: Sneakers on our feet:…
Week 2: Time Magazine Graffiti Billboard 02
Another contextual shot of the Time magazine Cope2 graffiti billboard in Soho, New York City. Notes: Sneakers on our feet:…
Week 2: Time Magazine Graffiti Billboard 01
Here’s a more contextual skyline shot of the Time magazine Cope2 graffiti billboard in Soho, New York City. Notes: Sneakers…
Skull Up
Another shot of the Skull tag in NYC. Ivan G. Corsa Photo
“Sufer”
Here’s a closer look at the big, bold “Sufer” tag. Put this on a graphic tee shirt, Bathing Ape! Ivan…
“Sufer” + Skull Ups in Manhattan
Found this pair of ups on a recent hot, muggy New York summer day while we were on our way…
“Dr. Sex” at the Slipper Room
Here’s a nice up by “Dr. Sex,” whose tag is no stranger to the Lower East Side, in New York…
Katsu
Snapped this bold and tidy up by Katsu in Soho, on a wall along an alleyway amid the lofts. Style…
Nomadic Museum by Shigeru Ban, New York City 10
NYC was recently treated to the work of experimental Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, who is known for his use of…
Nomadic Museum by Shigeru Ban, New York City 09
A closer view of the Nomadic Museum by architect Shigeru Ban at Pier 54 on the Hudson River, New York…
Nomadic Museum by Shigeru Ban, New York City 08
Here a close-up of the north wall of the Nomadic Museum by Shigeru Ban. The walls are made of recycled…
Nomadic Museum by Shigeru Ban, New York City 07
A view of the face and entrance of the Nomadic Museum by experimental Japanese architect Shigeru Ban at Pier 54…
Nomadic Museum by Shigeru Ban, New York City 06
Here’s a close-up shot of the underside and roof structure at the east face and entrance of the Nomadic Museum…
Nomadic Museum by Shigeru Ban, New York City 05
A stack of shipping containers make up the walls and basic structure of Nomadic Museum by architect Shigeru Ban. Ivan…
Nomadic Museum by Shigeru Ban, New York City 04
In this image, the ticket office to the Nomadic Museum, in New York City, is seen tucked in a space…
Nomadic Museum by Shigeru Ban, New York City 02
The exterior gateway on Pier 54 near the entrance of the Nomadic Museum. Ivan Corsa Photo
Nomadic Museum by Shigeru Ban, New York City 03
The top of old the ironwork above the exterior gateway on Pier 54 near the entrance of the Nomadic Museum.…
Nomadic Museum by Shigeru Ban, New York City 01 – Hudson River Park Map Signage
Well-designed Hudson River Park Map sign outside the gateway to Pier 54 in Manhattan, NYC, site of the Nomadic Museum…
Blank Canvas 05
More of the clever Time Magazine adspace with graffiti by Cope2 (CopeII)in downtown Manhattan, at Houston and Wooster streets in…
Blank Canvas 04
Here’s another view of the Time Magazine graf billboard at Houston and Wooster streets in Soho. Ivan Corsa Photo
Blank Canvas 03
Detail of the Time Magazine billboard at Houston and Wooster streets in Soho, New York City. Tag by Cope2. Ivan…
Blank Canvas 02
Another shot of the Time Magazine graffiti billboard by Cope2 (CopeII) at Houston and Wooster streets in Soho, New York…
Blank Canvas 01
Time Magazine is engaged in an unusual billboard advertising stunt. On a white fabric screen hanging from the side of…
Castle Garage, West Village
Found this faded massive advertisement on the side of a building in the far West Village, where the hood morphs…
ALife Guerrilla Mixed Media
Okay, this is as originalas this stuff can get. Alife, the style collective whose inspired Lower East Side store stocked…
OK Bandit SoHo 02
Here’s another shot of the “OK Bandit” in the Soho luxury lofts district. Ivan Corsa Photo
OK Bandit SoHo 01
So we were walking down Broome street after work last week in the heart of Soho, where all those amazing…
Empire
Wow! Empire of what? We don’t know and we don’t care. For all we know, this wheat-paste up we found…
Spooky Sunglasses Man Stencil
We don’t know who this is. We don’t know who the subject of this stencil is nor do we know…
WK Interact – Massive New Lower East Side, New York Wheat-Pastes 08
The last in the series of life-size black-and-white wheat-paste ups by WK Interact at the corner of Chrystie and Rivington…
WK Interact – Massive New Lower East Side, New York Wheat-Pastes 07
In this detail shot, note the visible Krylon brand can of aerosol paint and the vague but indeterminate branding on…
WK Interact – Massive New Lower East Side, New York Wheat-pastes 06
Note the downward double-arm movement of the graff writer depicted in this up, another in the recently upped series of…
WK Interact – Massive New Lower East Side, New York Wheat-Pastes 05
Two writers visible in this wide shot in the latest series of life-size black-and-white wheat-paste ups by well-known New York…
WK Interact – Massive New Lower East Side, New York Wheat-Pastes 04
In this detail shot, the graf writer is on the one-knee stance. This is yet another in series of life-size…
WK Interact – Massive New Lower East Side, New York Wheat-Pastes 03
One in a newly-upped series of life-size black-and-white wheat-paste ups New York City artist WK Interact. Ivan Corsa Photo
WK Interact – Massive New Lower East Side, New York Wheat-Pastes 02
More in a series of life-size black-and-white wheat-paste ups by well-known New York City artist WK Interact, whose studio and…
WK Interact – Massive New Lower East Side, New York Wheat-Pastes 01
This series of life-size black-and-white wheat-paste ups of graf writers doing there thing went up along the side of a…
“Ize” Up in Meatpacking District, NYC
We’re not sure if this is graf “proper,” or the sloppy handiwork of the proprietor of whatever is behind this…
“Nuke” on Crosby Street, SoHo, NYC
Here’s an “up” by “Nuke” on good ol’ Crosby Street in Soho. Crosby has quite a bit of graf for…
Chinatown Dragon Fighters
This logo is the boss. When you see your local fire department with a logo and name like Chinatown Dragon…
Geezer with Puppy Wheat-Paste Posters
Here are some curious wheat-pastes in a three-repeat “up” in Lower Manhattan. The images show a geezer holding a puppy.…
More Shephard Fairey: “Obey” Lightpost Stencil
We found this Obey stencil by artist/publisher/seminal guerilla-marketer Shepard Fairey on a light-post base in the Lower East Side of…
“Repo” Graf in the Lower East Side
Here’s a nice “up” by “Repo” near Essex and Broome streets in the currently hot, hot, hot real estate market…
Marilyn Monroe in Chinatown
We love this stencil pattern of Marilyn Monroe on a red door in Chinatown. The Monroe iconography works on a…
Keith Haring Mural at Carmine St. Pool 03
Here’s a third shot of the Carmine Street Pool mural by the late artist Keith Haring. Ivan Corsa Photo
Keith Haring Mural at Carmine St. Pool 02
This is the second in a series of three shots of a mural by 1980’s art star Keith Haring at…
Keith Haring Mural at Carmine St. Pool 01
The late Keith Haring was one of several art stars to emerge from the downtown New York City art explosion…
Build It On Top 02 – Chelsea
Here’s a wide shot of the same Chelsea building in New York City where a real estate developer has cleverly…
Build It On Top 01 – Chelsea
Real estate developers looking to maximize use of space, as well as profits, must find creative architectural solutions to create…
Downtown Mars Rover Stencil
Here’s a cool stencil we’ve seen all around downtown New York City for a long time. From Tribeca and SoHo…
All Kinds of Alterations – Chinatown
Hey, “All kinds of alterations done,” folks! Gotta the love the Chinese boy and girl characters flanking the message on…
SSUR Plus Storefront at Night
We love the store front to the SSURPlus select clothing shop in New York City. Regular visitors to this site…
Super Graf Van Paste-Up
Visual irony at street level: a wheat-paste paper cut-out of a van covered in graf tags. We love it. This…
Bally Produce Logo on Truck, Little Italy/Chinatown, NYC
We spotted this truck on a block in downtown New York City where Chinatown and Little Italy converge, overlapping each…
Art Cow Project, East Village
Cow Parade was a major public art event to visit several foreign and U.S. cities, including New York City, in…
Smart Graf – SoHo, NYC
This piece of graf is in the heart of SoHo shopping district, where all the landmarked cast-iron buildings and mega…
African Dude Head Stencil
If you’re not looking carefully, you might easily miss this stencil as you’re walking by it on the street because…
“Fred” Up on Truck, Spring Street, SoHo
This truck is the bizzomb!!! Or rather, the graf makes this truck the bizzomb. You can always find this truck…
KAWS Michelin Sticker
New York City-based Kaws is an art star of the global street art and graf worlds. His work can be…
Moss Logo Window Display, SoHo
Moss is an example of high-end contemporary design at the retail level. The store, on Greene St., in SoHo, is…
SoHo Playground Mural
SoHo in New York City often conjures images of art galleries, artists and huge lofts. But these days the only…
Downtown Panda Stencil
If it’s pandas you want, then it’s pandas you shall get … at least as far as this example of…
Black and White Lips Galore
It’s hard to go wrong by employing repetition. As an aesthetic principle, showing the same image, or a slight variation…
Some Graff Bombed Truck, SoHo
May 01, 2005 Some Graf Bombed Truck, SoHo Okay, there’s the good graff. Then there’s the really good graff. And…
Helicopter Bug
It’s a car. It’s a helicopter. It’s a … “helicar”? No, wait … it’s a n “automocopter.” Whatever it is,…
Shuttlecock Paste-up Way Downtown
A wheat-paste graphic of a badminton shuttlecock (that’s “birdie” in American English) in downtown NYC, somewhere on a wall amid…
Colin
Pink paste-up of former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell in lower Manhattan. A couple of random notes about Powell.…
An Artist Called West 01 – Faces of the LES Tenement Museum
This impressive painting on Orchard Street, between Delancey and Broome streets, in the Lower East Side, is by one of…
Sushi Ahoy! – Maritime Hotel Building, Chelsea, NYC 02
Sushi Ahoy! – Maritime Hotel Building, Chelsea, NYC 02 A shot of the lower and ground levels of the Maritime…
Sushi Ahoy! – Maritime Hotel Building, Chelsea, NYC 01
The Maritime Hotel in Chelsea has only been around for 39 years, but it already has a storied history. The…
Honolulu Graphica 11 – Airport Men’s Room Sign
Our favorite piece of graphica from the recent Honolulu series is this example of signage and graphic design at Honolulu…
Honolulu Graphica 10 – Grade “A” Graf on the Kam
Found this surprisingly excellent up along the King Kamehameha Highway on the east side of Oahu, outside Honolulu. This was…
Honolulu Graphica 09 – Detail of Waikiki Galleria Building
A detail shot of the Waikiki Galleria Building office tower in Honolulu. Ivan Corsa Photo
Honolulu Graphica 08 – Waikiki Galleria Building
We love the style of this building. The Waikiki Galleria Building in Honolulu is an impressive piece of real estate.…
Honolulu Graphica 07 – Mural on the Kam
We came across this abandoned barn along the the King Kamehameha Highway (or “The Kam,” as locals say) outside the…
Honolulu Graphica 06 – Royal Hawaiian Logo-Seal Design
The famous Sheraton Royal Hawaiian hotel on Waikiki Beach, in Honolulu, is a classic, old-school luxury hotel. Its official logo…
Honolulu Graphica 05 – Royal Hawaiian, That Pink Hotel
The most famous hotel in Honolulu, or for that matter Hawaii and all the Pacific, the Sheraton Royal Hawaiian is…
Honolulu Graphica 04 – Lame Starter Tag
On the edge of downtown Honolulu is this feeble attempt to write a tag. This unfinished graf is a rarity…
Honolulu Graphica 03 – Asian Flava LV Store
This LV store in the Waikiki condos and resorts district, in Honolulu, has an achitectural design influenced by what looks…
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