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October 31, 2006

Wide View: "Times" Logo Graf, LES, NYC

Here's the contextual view of the "Times" logo graf on the parked truck in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, NYC.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Kanye West - "Drive Slow"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 01:02 AM

Detail: "Times" Logo Graf, LES, NYC

Detail of graf on parked truck near corner of Delancey Street and the Bowery on the Lower East Side of New York City.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Kanye West - "Drive Slow"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 12:57 AM

"Times" Logo Truck Graf, Lower East Side, NYC

Awesome piece on a truck parked on Delancey Street near the Bowery on the Lower East Side of New York City. This gothic lettering of the "T" is like that of the New York Times logotype. Beautiful.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Kanye West - "Drive Slow"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 12:50 AM

October 28, 2006

Context View: Nolita Faces, 11 Spring St., NYC

Here's a wider contextual view.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Bob Marley - "Trenchtown Rock"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 02:41 AM

Detail: Glow Head - Nolita Faces, 11 Spring St., NYC

And here's a detail of Glow Head.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Bob Marley - "Trenchtown Rock"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 02:40 AM

Detail: Mummy - Nolita Faces, 11 Spring St., NYC

Detail of Mummy Face.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Bob Marley - "Trenchtown Rock"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 02:39 AM

Glow Head - Nolita Faces, 11 Spring St., NYC

This we've dubbed "Glow Head."

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Bob Marley - "Trenchtown Rock"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 02:37 AM

Mummy Face - Nolita Faces, 11 Spring St., NYC

We've dubbed this one "Mummy Face."

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Bob Marley - "Trenchtown Rock"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 02:36 AM

Close-Up: Nolita Faces, 11 Spring St., NYC

Here's the close-up of the faces art.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Bob Marley - "Trenchtown Rock"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 02:34 AM

Nolita Faces, 11 Spring St., NYC

This diptych of expressionistic faces is awesome. You can find it on the Elizabeth Street side of the building at 11 Spring Street in the downtown New York nabe of Nolita.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Bob Marley - "Trenchtown Rock"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 02:31 AM

October 27, 2006

Wide View: "Foot" on the Lower East Side, NYC

Here's the wider, contextual view of the "Foot" graf on Ludlow Street in the Lower East Side of New York City.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: The Streets - "Geezers Need Excitement"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 09:32 AM

"Foot" on the Lower East Side, NYC

Found this throw-up by "Foot" on Ludlow Street between Broome and Grand streets in the Lower East Side of New York City. Note how the O's in "Foot" are rendered as a pair of feet.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: The Streets - "Geezers Need Excitement"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 07:27 AM

October 24, 2006

Video: Clip of "Bio Duo Rem" Wall Graf Pieces

Posted by icorsa at 09:21 PM

October 23, 2006

Skull Graf, Nolita, NYC

We came across another instance of the skull graf, which we've been seeing from time to time around lower Manhattan during the past couple of years. This one is on Elizabeth Street at Kenmare St. (which is what Delancey St. is called west of The Bowery), in Nolita.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Kanye West - "Gold Digger"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 03:13 AM

More Lenin Head Stickers with Skulls, SoHo, No. 2

A closer up view revealing the details of the stickers and background paste-up design.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Lady Sovereign - "Random"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 01:47 AM

More Lenin Stickers and Skulls, SoHo, No. 1

More Lenin stickers in SoHo, NYC, but this time the stickers have been placed on a paste-up pattern with a skulls motif. The jutxtoposition is striking.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Lady Sovereign - "Random"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 01:45 AM

The Story of the Mysterious Street Art-Covered Building at 11 Spring St., New York City

There's a place we've referenced many times here on Global Graphica, a place that is important in New York street art, so muhc so that is has become an internationally known icon and destination for artists. That place is the building at 11 Spring Street in downtown New York City. However, the building has been a mystery to most people, even long-time neighbors in the Nolita neighborhood where the stucture is stands. The building's exterior is a world-famous spot for street art and graffiti, which the owners in recent decades have left alone. The New York Times recently ran an article about the building. The building was recently bought from Lachlan Murdoch, the son of Rupert of Fox News fame. As a result a lot of information about 11 Spring St. has suddenly become available. Many pictures of street art and graf at 11 Spring St. are available for viewing on this site. Here's part of the list.

(Big merci beaucoup to Darren for the tip!)

Posted by icorsa at 01:44 AM

Southern Angle: Massive "Bulldog" Paste-Up, NYC

This is the view from a different angle, this time look south down Elizabeth Street.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: The Rakes - "22 Grand Job"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 01:26 AM

Another View: Massive "Bulldog" Paste-Up, NYC

And here' s slightly different view of the bulldog paste-up on the building at 11 Spring Street.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: The Rakes - "22 Grand Job"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 01:22 AM

October 18, 2006

Detail: Massive "Bulldog" Paste-Up, NYC

Detail of the huge black-and-white bulldog paste-up on the building at 11 Spring Street in downtown New York City.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: The Rakes - "22 Grand Job"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 04:04 AM

Massive "Bulldog" Paste-Up, NYC

The massive bulldog wheat-paste-up work on the building at 11 Spring Street in Nolita, lower Manhattan, NYC.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: The Rakes - "22 Grand Job"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 04:01 AM

Context: Massive "Bulldog" Paste-Up, NYC

Here's the contextual view of the massive bulldog wheat-paste artwork on the Elizabeth Street side of the building at 11 Spring Street in downtown New York City. Other, much smaller versions of the bulldog paste-up can be found around lower Manhattan, but this new one in Nolita, near SoHo, is the biggest we've seen yet.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: The Rakes - "22 Grand Job"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 03:35 AM

October 15, 2006

Detail: Spring Street Paste-Ups: Black-White Portrait

Here's the detail shot of the black-and-white portrait at Spring and Bowery in lower Manhattan.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Tosca - "Honey"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 03:47 AM

Spring Street Paste-Ups: Black-White Portrait

Here's the second in a pair of portrait paste-ups we found on the building at Spring Street and the Bowery. The subject of this black-and-white image resembles the late Harold Hunter, the indie film actor, former Zoo York skateboarder and downtown scenester. It may actually be him or it may not.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Tosca - "Honey"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 03:39 AM

Detail: Spring Street Paste-Ups: Red-Black Portrait

Detail shot of the black-and-red portrait paste-up at a building on Spring Street near the Bowery in downtown Manhattan.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Tosca - "Honey"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 03:35 AM

Spring Street Paste-Ups: Red-Black Portrait

The black-and-red portrait of some dude who may or may not be the late martial-arts master and film actor Bruce Lee (or his son, Brandon). The graphic-design aesthetic reminds us of Tron.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Tosca - "Honey"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 03:31 AM

October 13, 2006

Detail: Spring Street "Dudes" Paste-Ups

Here's a close view of the dyptich of cool wheat paste-ups along Spring Street in Nolita, downtown New York City.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Tosca - "Honey"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 02:43 AM

Contextual View: Spring Street "Dudes" Paste-Ups

Here's the wider, contextual shot of the paste-ups on Spring Street, between Elizabeth Street and The Bowery, in lower Manhattan, NYC.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Tosca - "Honey"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 02:39 AM

Spring Street "Dudes" Paste-Ups

We recently found these two awesome wheat-paste posters on the Spring Street side of the building at the corner of Spring and The Bowery, where the fashionable and hip neighborhoods of Nolita and the Lower East Side meet in downtown Manhattan, in New York.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Tosca - "Honey"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 02:34 AM

October 05, 2006

Context View: White Rabbit Logo

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Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Lily Allen - "Smile"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 04:27 AM

Another Angle: White Rabbit Logo

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Lily Allen - "Smile"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 04:25 AM

White Rabbit Logo at 11 Spring Steet, NYC

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Lily Allen - "Smile"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 04:21 AM

October 03, 2006

Background: Lenin Head + The Gap Ad Mash-Up No. 5

Here's a shot of an undefaced ad for The Gap upon which the Lenin stickers were put up around SoHo, in downtown New York City.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Mad Professor & Jah Shaka - "Zulu Hut"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 04:28 AM

Sticker Detail: Lenin Head + The Gap Ad Mash-Up No. 4

... And here's another detail shot, this time of a sticker that's been put up with Lenin facing left.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Mad Professor & Jah Shaka - "Zulu Hut"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 04:25 AM

Sticker Detail: Lenin Head + The Gap Ad Mash-Up No. 3

Here's a detail shot of the Lenin sticker facing right.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Mad Professor & Jah Shaka - "Zulu Hut"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 04:22 AM

Detail: Lenin Head + The Gap Ad Mash-Up No. 2

Detail of The Gap ads defaced with stickers of Lenin in SoHo, New York City.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Mad Professor & Jah Shaka - "Zulu Hut"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 04:19 AM

Lenin Head + The Gap Ad Mash-Up No. 1

This is a beautiful mash-up in SoHo, New York City: Sticker art of Soviet icon Vladmir Lenin's face over the faces of the models appearing in recent billboard ads for The Gap clothing brand. There are a whole bunch of images in this series, including a shot of the ads before they were defaced (no pun intended ... really). Check 'em out.

Ivan Corsa Photo

Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Mad Professor & Jah Shaka - "Zulu Hut"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers

Posted by icorsa at 04:10 AM