Currently at the Pit

Jubilee Rail Bridge

On a warm day last week I checked out the Railcut again - Jubilee and Coburg bridges. Pretty much everything there was new since the last time I had photographed it.



I returned a couple of hours later with my kids, and there were two new outlines up. MASE had been through as well as there was a packet of "MASE" stickers fallen on the tracks




Then, in the time that it took us to walk to Coburg and back, a third went up - nothing like a warm sunny day to get back outside after a long winter.

Dyslξxic WSC

I saw this one the other day on Oxford Street across from Dal - I get that it was probably hard leaning out and spraying it, and this led to some disorientation which led to the curvy "E", likely supposed to be an "S". Or it could just be "I meant to do that...". The good news - it will be covered by siding fairly soon.

A Good Question...

Prince Street Railbridge

Having rappelled down the slope of the Quinpool Railbridge, the Prince street bridge was just a short walk away, and the graffiti has been entirely replaced since I was last down there.

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Not Quite the SAME...

Someone defaced two of the 'Spirited Away' Pieces that are up in Dartmouth Cove - which is a pity as they were really part of the best themed graffiti wall in town. Whoever did it appears to be only able to (barely) write 4 letters - SAME on one and MASE on the other - neither bearing any resemblance to the two original tags (and in drippy yellow paint to boot)

Pity...

Gansta Giraffe Rubbed Out

Much to my daughter's dismay, her favorite 'Gangsta Giraffe' was covered over after just a few days back at the pit. The offending piece was put up by 'NOPE'

Was my daughter happy? - NOPE...

Quinpool Rail Bridge

The Rail Bridge at Quinpool Road has been the site of recent rehabilitation and construction. Industrious CN Crews have shotcreted the bridge walls (and some of its surroundings including trees) providing a fresh canvas for writers. So far, there's only tags and crap up there, but given that this is usually an ADICT location, I'm sure that there is more good stuff to come as the weather warms up.

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2007 Awards - My Favorite Easter Tryptich

Happy Easter to any of you Candy Lovers/Christians out there.


In a fairly limited category - here is my favorite Easter themed work from 2007 - a Tryptich from the ADICT Crew, that was put up in the Pit on the Easter weekend last year, and stayed up for quite a while after. For some reason, the white background, light blue colour and black stripes evoked the HMCS Sackville for me, so this really had a sense of place in Halifax for me.

Town Pride Stickerfitti

The "Town Pride" Tag and 'Logo' have been cropping up around town recently, but over the past few days I have seen several stickers on News and Mailboxes as well.

Gangsta Giraffe Guest Blogger

That is soooo cool. I love the gangsta giraffe. I have seen it before in the pit, but it was painted over. The cartoons are my favorite kind of graffiti like the mini bombs.

-O-

A New York Graffiti Challenge

Why does this shot belong here? (And no, it's not the graffiti on the upper right of the building)

This shouldn't be too hard for some of a certain age... Or those with good visual memories.

Put the guesses in the comments.

March 14, 2008 - Time to put the 58 potential viewers of this since Tuesday out of their misery (if anyone was truly miserable that is) - It's 96 St. Mark's Place, New York City - Also known as the cover of Led Zeppelin's "Physical Graffiti" (with the top story removed by some old fashioned, non-digital photography tricks) It was also featured in the Rolling Stones video, "Waiting On a Friend". The street itself has been home to James Fenimore Cooper, W.H. Auden, Leon Trotsky, Lenny Bruce, and Abbie Hoffman over the past 200 or so years.

From a graffiti perspective, number 51 was occupied by "51X", the art gallery that brought Jean-Michel Basquiat and graffiti to mainstream acclaim.

Not bad for a little street in the East Village...

2007 Awards - Favorite "Career in a Year"

A typical writer's 'career' starts with tagging, and progresses through larger outlines into more complex pieces. This one may be limited by my ability to recognise and associate a particular tag with the larger piece, which I no doubt miss sometimes. Around town last year the most common examples belong to one person - a distinct (and now readable) tag, and a distinct interwoven style for larger pieces. My favorite "Career in a Year 2007" - was APER.

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Queen Street Sobeys

A quick shopping trip to Sobeys this morning revealed a bunch of new graffiti ardorning the store - including some tags that I hadn't seen lately - SARS and JEM, plus the 'Christ in a Cradle' of "Town Pride"

Here they are with much less discomfort than I endured in the bitter wind this morning...