Gothamist: Sneakers, Graffiti and Controversy North of Houston

ha ha

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:30:50 -0500

graffiti started in amsterdamn, fukkkin wankees

throwy

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:47:52 -0500

If you we're the artists involved, painted for years,put you ass on the line for graff....its hard not to stand up and yes i want to be a part, get paid for all the years of crap you went through to get to this point.

seen

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:22:21 -0500

fuck yalllllllllllllll

Pappie187

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:58:40 -0500

This is a good example how graffiti looses his dignity. Its not supposed to be legal, and i think writers like can2 and others that joined him with this commercialproject just to make some money are ommercial bitches! They turn graffiti in something "urban" and make it wideopen for the public. Just to make some money..graffiti should be illegal and projects like this must stop! PERIOD!!! Big-up to all the real graffitiwriters out there! Greets from Holland

LaShaun

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:32:03 -0500

I got to meet some of the artists I had been following for years. to bad CW didn't leave his desk at lunch to actually go shake hands with the Old school Graffers that came down. yeah i agree, it's a corporate take over, but one that actually pooled together some real talent.

deb

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:04:38 -0500

The 'Graffiti Movement' actually started in PHILY! This is true, courtesy of the Graffiti exhibit I saw @ Brooklyn Museum a couple of months ago.

ben

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:54:06 -0500

Lame or not, talk to the artists that agreed to take part in it. Every time a company does something like this and people take issue with it, they act as if the artists were abducted and forced to work the project. I personally think it's way better than half the stunts out there that companies create which have no relevance to the brand or the culture that they feel has supported them. Of course it's going to seem watered down and whatnot. To each their own, I guess.

Dude

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:27:59 -0500

#9 - Wrong post, moron, who gives a crap about "cyclists" They should also shut down Critical Mass while they are at it. Let's see more of the giant billboard!

kendra

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:37:20 -0500

"Graffiti has nothing to do with sneakers" Way to make yourself look clueless about urban culture, Mr. City Council. The real "danger" here ain't the encouragement of graffiti, it's the fact that this damn thing has the entire northside Houston Street sidewalk closed down (the northside entrance to the F) and they tried to tell people to cross six lanes of traffic to the other side of Houston street to get around it. They should have closed down the tiny Crosby st. block next to Adidas vs. endangering the thousands of pedestrians who use that sidewalk every day. I know - go back to the suburbs. end cranky rant.

Kevin Bracken

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:18:09 -0500

I guess I am the only one who thinks this is pretty cool? Any opportunity for legal graff ought to be welcomed. And I agree, it looks much more realistic than Ecko's. It doesn't even look that branded.

Brightliner

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:00:59 -0500

Aw, Jen. You promised us you were only going to do one "street art" post for Jake. What a disappointment.

timbnyc

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:39:11 -0500

A "controlled, legal environment"? An environment doesn't have to be controlled to be legal, notwithstanding the barricades habit of the NYPD.

koch

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:38:03 -0500

Isn't there graffitti on the Pyramids?

Joe Boy

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:36:40 -0500

CW Nailed it. this makes both NYC and Addidas look lame as hell.

LN

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:34:42 -0500

How about reporting on the real controversy about Houston Street? Community Board 2 and DOT give up on cyclist and pedestrian safety there. go to: www.onnyturf.com www.times-up.org

matty

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:33:43 -0500

I think this kind of shows how hip-has become kind of "SOLE-less" haehdfsahdfshasdfahahahhaahhaqhhwafdshashshdd~

Irritated

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:23:10 -0500

I love how people are concerned about pseudo-vandalism while the mutant giant in the lace panties could step on us and kill us all!!!!

Cokie McCoke

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:00:30 -0500

Manhattan - the urban Disney World. Gag.

Chuck

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:59:26 -0500

forget the tagging, zoom on up to the billboard, thats what we want to see!!

CW

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:41:50 -0500

This is an exactly perfect symbol of what New York has become. 30 year old rebellion and street culture sanitized and turned into salable product for foreigners, complete with disclaimers. Look, Mabel, real "grafeety" artists! We're really in "the big city" now! Where can I get me a pair of those sweatshop-made Adidas sneakers that are so cool? Why, at the local Foot Locker! Welcome to Mallhattan.

matukonyc

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:25:44 -0500

You said it, Cratch!

give me a break

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:22:59 -0500

It's so lame that they have to post that disclaimer note, as if they need to apologize for this. Regardless, cool stunt.

Cratch

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:13:59 -0500

All under the watch of the mighty, benevolent crotch.