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The_Original_Gronkie t1_j5ceadn wrote

Years ago I was visiting NYC and staying in a hotel on the upper west side. I got out early on a Sunday morning to buy some bagels, and there were cool little sayings written in chalk on the sidewalk every 20 feet or so, sometimes a cute little cartoon. They were all over the streets. The artist had spent the entire previous night writing these all over the upper west side.

The word got out about them, and it made the local news first, then the national news. Eventually the artist was identified, and I have always felt lucky to have experienced them personally, especially so early in the morning before they were scuffed up and disappeared. Now that I think about it, that's probably why he did it on a Sunday morning, when there would be less sidewalk traffic, and his exhibition would last just a bit longer. It was before digital cameras, or I would have taken pictures of all of them.

Its things like this that make NYC so endlessly fascinating and cool.

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andriafakesit OP t1_j5cjgym wrote

That's such a cool story - thank you for sharing! I think I may have seen the drawings you're talking about before (or a copycat/similar artist)

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grandzu t1_j5bvndy wrote

There was one on the Williamsburg bridge bike path a few years back. Dunno if it's still there now.

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SimmerDownRizzo t1_j5ck8cz wrote

Paul’s a good dude. “Please respect the art.”

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calilav t1_j5d0wui wrote

I saw one of a water tower yesterday a few steps away from Strand Book Store.

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WasherDrye t1_j5bhc9p wrote

Rimbaud?

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shep_pat t1_j5c253g wrote

I’ve had the idea to make an app for street art forever

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numen-lumen t1_j5ht3wq wrote

There's one on the southwest corner of Madison Ave and 30th. A few more in the area too.

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