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Before and After Photographs of 5Pointz Mural Site Show a Bleak Transformation

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia March 30, 2021April 29, 2021

See how a historic monument to graffiti art was unrecognizably transformed into a luxury high rise with the personality of a sad hotel lobby.

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SCOTUS Declines to Review 5Pointz Case, Cementing Settlement for Artists

by Hakim Bishara October 9, 2020November 5, 2020

The Supreme Court declined G&M Realty’s petition to review the case, upholding a 2018 federal court ruling that awarded $6.7 million in damages to 21 artists at the site.

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James Turrell Indefinitely Closes MoMA PS1 Skyspace

Avatar photo by Zachary Small January 29, 2019

After reports of an intruding luxury condo development, the artist requested that the museum close the work until the project’s construction scaffolding is no longer visible.

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James Turrell’s Famous MoMA PS1 Skyspace Interrupted by Neighboring Luxury Condo Development

Avatar photo by Zachary Small January 17, 2019

In the immortal words of Joni Mitchell, “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot massive skyscraper.”

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Judge Rules Developer Must Pay 5Pointz Graffiti Artists $6.7M [UPDATED]

by Claire Voon February 12, 2018February 13, 2018

In 2013, a real estate developer whitewashed a beloved stretch of street art. Now he will have to pay damages to 21 artists, a federal judge has ruled.

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Jury Sides with 5Pointz Artists in Lawsuit Over Destroyed Graffiti

by Claire Voon November 8, 2017November 8, 2017

If the judge in the case follows suit, the verdict could set a remarkable precedent for the protection of graffiti and street art under the Visual Artists Rights Act.

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A Glimpse Inside the Street Art–Themed 5Pointz Condos

by Claire Voon June 26, 2017June 23, 2017

The first renderings of the luxury development show its logo in wildstyle lettering and graffiti-inspired wall art in stairwells and lounges.

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5Pointz Owner Reneges on Promise to Use Union Labor, Sparking Protest

Avatar photo by Tiernan Morgan August 24, 2016August 24, 2016

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Long Island City yesterday to protest the almost complete absence of unionized workers at the 5Pointz redevelopment site — despite a promise by the project’s developer that he would only employ union workers for the job.

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After the Fall of 5Pointz, a New Project Covers a Queens Building in Murals

Avatar photo by Ilana Novick April 12, 2016

On a three-block stretch of 21st Street in Long Island City, New York City’s economic and artistic evolution plays out in miniature.

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Graffiti Artists Sue 5Pointz Developer for Whitewashing Their Murals

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton June 15, 2015June 16, 2015

Nine artists are suing Jerry Wolkoff, the owner of the 5Pointz site in Long Island City, Queens, for destroying their murals when his company G&M Realty had the building whitewashed in November 2013.

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5Pointz Developer Wants to Trademark “5Pointz”

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton November 5, 2014November 5, 2014

The owner of 5Pointz, the former artists’ studio complex and graffiti center in Queens that is currently being demolished, is trying to trademark the name “5Pointz” in order to market the apartments that will be built on the lot.

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Here Are the Bland Condos That Will Replace 5Pointz

by Kimberly Seto July 31, 2014August 4, 2014

NY YIMBY recently got a set of renderings of the structure that will take over 5Pointz’s burial ground at 22-44 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, Queens.

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