The Freedom Tunnel—the Amtrak Tunnel that has long been a destination for both street artists and urban explorers—is in danger of being buffed! This is according to Adventure Two—the blogger of that site writes he talked to a woman who has lived in the tunnel for 20 years about changes to the tunnel security, and work being undertaken by Amtrak, noting "there was a rumour that large blocks of the tunnel walls had been washed over with paint, destroying significant sections of the historical artwork."
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Amtrak Is Buffing Freedom Tunnel Street Art
Who Buffed The Anti-Atlantic Yards Murals?
In the months before developer Bruce Ratner closed the deal on his $4.9 billion plan to move the New Jersey Nets to Brooklyn and construct high-rise buildings on the Atlantic Yards site, someone painted over a series of murals created by opponents of the project — and anti-Atlantic Yards activists claim that Ratner is at fault.
Obama Gets Buffed on Bowery
This past Saturday, one of the Obama posters Shepard Fairey added to the cityscape was taken down by graffiti writer MARTY -- who Razor Apple reports "has been holding down that corner for years."
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