DUMBO’s New Nike Ad Makes Gray Look Good
A new Nike advertisement is up on the corner of Jay and Front Street in DUMBO, the same wall that used to feature a great mural by REVS and PEEK. But for some unknown reason it was buffed in April 2005—which we never understood—and the wall has been gray ever since. Now DUMBO is stuck with Nike’s big boring ad for stretching. Photos I took of the original mural and its subsequent 3 year gray period are included below.
Photo from Untitledname.com (February 2005).
Photo from Untitledname.com (September 2005).
That’s nothing that a lick of paint can’t cure. Why you so worried?
By Ted on August 7th, 2008 at 6:09 pmOh man let’s paint something on it for Critical Mass. Wait no, let’s leave it grey.
By Comedy Blog on August 20th, 2008 at 1:49 amthat shit ran for close to 10 years. had to have been around 96 / 97 when that shit was originally painted. I can remember seeing them do it. 68 jay was still undergoing renovation & anybody could walk up to that rooftop and paint & Keylo still had those super-large B&W letters running by the Brooklyn bridge.
By alchemicepidemic on September 23rd, 2008 at 5:14 pm