100 years since the end of World War I today. The US is engaged in 7 wars right now. Two facts to contemplate as the city takes a breath and regroups from another election cycle.
Republicrats won at the polls and the ratings were high on TV – yet for some reason you still don’t have health care and you have about $1,000 in savings.
This week in NYC there were Anti-Trump Pro-Mueller demonstrations in Times Square, the head of the subway system has resigned, and NYC is turning into a major tech hub with 25,000 more tech workers said to be flocking here for jobs at Google and Amazon.
Also Manny down at the corner deli just got this new calico cat that has already caught two mice this week.
Somehow the streets are always alive, always teaming with new images, installations, paintings, fire extinguisher tags.
So here is our weekly interview with the streets, this week featuring Adam Daily, Adam Fu, Bortusk, Cy Tremblay, DAIN, Dolganov, Invader, JeimeOne, Kobra, Sabio, and SacSix.
Top Image: Adam Fu for Spread Art NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Cy Tremblay (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Resa.Menace for JMZ Walls. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Artist Unknown (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dain (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Bortusk (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Artist Unknown (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Sabio (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Sabio (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Artist Unknown. A very old stencil in Moscow. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Adam Daily (photo © Jaime Rojo)
A clever step back from JeimeOne for JMZ Walls. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Artist Unknown (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Kobra (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ASacSix (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dolganov in Moscow. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Invader (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Manhattan. Fall 2018. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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