1. 10:34 12th Jan 2012

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    Reblogged from courtesyflush

    workingclassmag:

As Brooklyn changes more and more, WC contributor Caroline Bach, took  some time out to chat with 5 Pointz founder, Jonathan Cohen, more  commonly known by his tag, Meres One,  about the news that the graffiti  mecca at Jackson and Crane in Long  Island City, is being transformed  into a luxury living/shopping  megaplex, inevitably sending smaller mom  and pops shops into early  retirement, all while pricing out any  remaining artists that helped  make the community desirable to live in,  in the first place.
Is this the New York of 2012?
Click here to read the story.

New York, I love you, but you’re bringing me down…..

    workingclassmag:

    As Brooklyn changes more and more, WC contributor Caroline Bach, took some time out to chat with 5 Pointz founder, Jonathan Cohen, more commonly known by his tag, Meres One, about the news that the graffiti mecca at Jackson and Crane in Long Island City, is being transformed into a luxury living/shopping megaplex, inevitably sending smaller mom and pops shops into early retirement, all while pricing out any remaining artists that helped make the community desirable to live in, in the first place.

    Is this the New York of 2012?

    Click here to read the story.

    New York, I love you, but you’re bringing me down…..