Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

The recent scribbled street petition to bring back Keith Haring at the graffiti wall is gaining steam.  As of last night, all five signature spots are filled and there is now a new Haring-inspired paster in place. Will you sign the petition, too?

It’s been a couple weeks since we last checked in with the Shepard Fairey mural at the northwest corner of Bowery and East Houston. In that time, its been kicked into submission, repaired, damaged, repaired again, defamed, painted black, and most recently, tagged by Ms. Squeegee. What a summer for the graffiti wall, eh?

What a difference little more than a week can make in the life of the Shepard Fairey mural at the corner of Bowery and East Houston. Nearly all of the lower-level paneling has been torn away, uncovering a larger swath of the Os Gemeos artwork currently behind bars. The street has spoken. Where is the [...]

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.

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.

The Shepard Fairey surveillance and cleanup team seems to have given up.  Rogue stickers and graffiti remain.  And now there’s yet another kick-hole with which to contend.