A new wall along a park where there were once large gas storage tanks has become a very attractive canvas for some top notch NYC Graffiti artists.
Author: Control@ltvsquad.com
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BS Hospital
History:
Built in the late 1800s, this is a very old NYC building. Sadly, it is one that seems doomed to decay and crumble into dust. It currently sits fenced off on an under utilized campus awaiting an uncertain fate.
To paint a more gloomy picture, some of its neighboring buildings from the same era were landmarked with an eye towards preserving their rich history in medical research. No answer for why this particular building was overlooked could be found online.
Its sturdy walls and construction, along with the fact that it is still very much structurally intact after all these years of neglect, is a true testament to those who build it.
Wandering around the campus, looking from building to building, we couldn’t help but to be drawn into this fantastic structure. This building was very much like the hundreds of others I’ve seen over the years, but it had a certain charm to it. Despite all that has been thrown against it, and the absolute neglect of its owners, it’s still standing, firm and tall.
Here’s to hoping that someone with half a brain finds a use for this place.
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F5’s new ride
I was driving through hell the other day and came across F5’s new ride.
Word is F5 now weights in around 350lb so the back will probably be converted to a flatbed to ride on Jabba style. (OH SHIT!)
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Sex On Fridays Gas
I’m calling this one SOF gas in tribute to the NE Queens writers that ripped the face off this spot.
Abandoned for a few years now, this gas station is prime real estate for viewing graffiti from passing subways, as well as a reat place for an improved game of drunken soccer on a Saturday night.
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M Fine’s old abandoned warehouse location
This old low rise abandoned warehouse building has an eventual date with the wrecking ball. Its current ownership seems to be a blurry line between the NYC government and a huge waste management company (aptly named ‘Waste Management’) who noted on it’s demo application:
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Highest Lowpoint
At the highest point in the system lays this lowest layup track, dipping below all others and dead ending. The logic behind this strange structure has long been lost, and the track here was both little used and recently removed during the current viaduct rehabilitation project.
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Glenwood power plant graffiti
Here’s a set of photos showing just some of the Glenwood power plant graffiti. Over the decades, this abandoned power plant became a mecca for writers looking to paint without interference from the police.
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Maksim Gelman’s many Flickr accounts and YouTube appearance.
All week I’ve been getting reports of Maksim Gelman’s various flickr accounts. In the graffiti world, he was slightly known by his tag names: Max, Wes, and WS.
In 2007-2008 he created at least 4 flickr accounts:
“Couch Bombay’ – http://www.flickr.com/photos/24387359@N04/ (Created: March 2008)
‘Maxwell’ – http://www.flickr.com/photos/23025603@N07/ (Created: January 2008)
‘MaxerBlaster’ http://www.flickr.com/photos/24207016@N05/ (Created: February 2008)
‘BentleyBK31’ – http://www.flickr.com/photos/36849363@N07/ (Created: March 2009)
’23allisee’ – http://www.flickr.com/photos/13621034@N06/ (Created: September 2007 )Something to note about all of these accounts: None of them listed any contacts, and most photos seemed to have minimal views (0-20 tops, few comments), so no one was really looking at them much (thought that will likely change in the coming days I’d imagine)
This account may have been one of his as well:
‘thefourthcycle’ http://www.flickr.com/photos/23601238@N03/
(Created: Feb 2008 – same time frame as the others). It features no photos and only seemed to be used to comment on the accounts above. Fake keyboard commando beef? Could be.The scant few comments that were in some of the photos seem to show the same amount of beef with other writers he found on the freight tracks of Brooklyn. Here’s 2 examples:
(Now, I know what you guys out there are thinking – look at that ass – so here it again, zoomed in. Here’s a good a place as any to note that Max seemed to hang out with this girl for a minute. We can only assume whoever she is, she’s counting her blessing today, and could probably make some coin talking to the press at the moment)
He also loved the Beef on everyone’s favorite Tagpage Replacement (who here recalls tagpage?!)
Saster:
http://gallery.saster.net/sgallery/displayimage.php?album=34&pos=48On a more comical side, one of his profile pages states he had it on auto login so he wouldn’t loose the password again. This probably explains why he had so many flickr accounts, though it doesn’t explain at all why he didn’t just use password recovery. I’d imagine he changed email addresses often as well.
Now on to his YouTube appearance:
Max seemed to hang with the Acid crew on occasion – he even makes an appearance in a trailer for their dvd, which is still on youtube as of today (2/18/2011), here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMdQvQmSkHM
Wes/max is from 0:39 – 1:05Just to round things off, in case you missed it, one commenters thinks he’s hot:
Disclaimer: We here at LTV are not accountable for the apparent depravity of some commenters.Reminds me of that chick who married Richard Ramirez, the LA ‘Nightstalker’.
This wraps up todays (and this week’s) Maksim coverage. I hate to say it but we’ll probably hear more about this cat in the future as he goes to trial, etc. Much thanks to T, Julie & Indent for pointing more towards most of this.
