Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

Time for another weekly progress report on the graffiti wall.  Nearly two months to the day after Shepard Fairey unveiled his mural at the corner of Bowery and East Houston, its base is completely mangled.

A few days ago, this kickass kid posed in front of the iconic Nice Guy Eddie’s Kiss mural.  And it was perfect – ‘fro, devil horns, snarl, and outstretched Gene-tongue. A+

Judging by the recent uptick in graffiti tags and spiteful kickholes, it seems the neighborhood has had enough of the Shepard Fairey installation at the corner of Bowery and East Houston.  Perhaps it’s time to tear down the wall, as Pink Floyd would say, and bring back the Os Gemeos mural.

Just barely a week on, the Think Apples mural outside Mark Miller’s gallery at 92 Orchard Street is compromised.  One graffito now resides near the plywood doorway to Ja-Mil Uniforms.  Who’s next?  Jim Joe?

As EV Grieve reported last week, the old graffiti mural slab at the corner of Bowery and East Houston was completely removed, along with the Os Gêmeos artwork. In its place is a much larger, paneled facade built almost exclusively for public art.  And it’s already been tagged numerous times.