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# 5Pointz: The Morning After
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/5pointz-the-morning-after/
- Published: 2013-11-20T16:21:34.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:47:56.000Z
- Description: This morning 5Pointz was largely deserted. There was hardly anyone in sight after a firestorm of online protest about the midnight buff that erased over a decade of graffiti and street art history in Long Island City.
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: Art, 5Pointz, Graffiti, Photo Essays, Protest, Street Art, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 06:59 (2012, 2013, part 2)

![5Pointz the morning after (photos courtesy Tiernan Morgan)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2013/11/101_1318.jpg)

5Pointz the morning after (all photos courtesy Tiernan Morgan and used with permission)

This morning 5Pointz was largely deserted. There was hardly anyone in sight after a firestorm of online protest about the [midnight buff](https://hyperallergic.com/5pointz-whitewashed-overnight/) that erased over a decade of graffiti and street art history in Long Island City.

Last night, a rally garnered [some media attention](http://www.ny1.com/content/news/199031/artists-hold-vigil-for--5pointz--after-owner-painted-over-graffiti-landmark?ref=hyperallergic.com) and attracted new graffiti from activists and fans eager to keep the flame of 5Pointz alive. The protesters created a wall of messages to express their grief and anger, and the most popular scrawlings were “5Pointz: Rest in Power” “Beat the Buff!,” and “Fuck the Buff.” One of the cranes was covered with various messages and there is a new mural on a wall opposite 5 Pointz which declares “Rest in Power.”

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