So it is with this wonderful, audacious homage to Joe Strummer, co-founder of The Clash. Street artists Dr. It became a beloved part of the East Village cityscape. Community consternation came in when it was temporarily removed as the elderly wall underwent structural changes. Happily, Dr. The cover art still exists in the real world, in the form of two adjacent buildings on St.
Beautiful in their patinated history, these tenements became enduring images. Seeing the actual buildings elicits a thrill for Zeppelin fans. A piece of meta fabulousness occurred in when Robert Plant himself was spotted in front. I reply with a resounding Thank You! I played at the former and saw bands like Mob y Grape at the latter.
I also remember the Electric Circus on St. Electric Lady Studios, 52 W. Gem Spa, 2nd Avenue An anchor pin of historical continuity on a block that is showing the effects of gentrification. Joe Strummer Mural, E.
October 23, Scott Duncan. October 24, October 30, Leave a Reply and please be kind! Cancel reply. I think that was a nice touch. Looking forward to seeing the new Joe Strummer mural. And if someone would ever do a Joe Mama Besser mural, my life would be complete. Unfortunately the Unwritten Future turned out to be gentrification,the destruction of a culture of resistance in the neighborhood,greedy capitalism at its worst,a police state and NYU dorms. The Strummer mural does not represent the ideals of most who live in the "East Village" now so I suggest the words be changed to "invest in development and real estate we control your future"!
I'm not sure why this hit me so hard and why the "replacement" will not do it for me. I am seriously feeling like the place has moved on and I don't want to be a part of what the East Village is becoming.
Not sure where I'll go, but I can get way more square footage in Brooklyn. I guess I'll sell my apartment to the parents of some screaming, obnoxious, entitled NYU student and have to take a train to the Strand, farmers market, and few remaining cool bars.
I truly am sickened by this stupid destruction in the name of real estate worship and I'm starting the process of removing myself from the shitshow this great area is becoming.
Since this seems to have become a subcurrent on this topic will mention that I am also setting up to sublet the apartment I have lived in for 28 years and spend my time in other places. Not that I agree with most of the historically ignorant socialist stuff above, just that I have come to hate walking on the streets here, and that can't be good.
Nothing to do with Strummer, not a fan. I think it's funny that people are upset that a new one is going up--obviously didn't realize that it has changed twice and been redone since it was first put up. That's how much attention they were paying. Revolt will make it happen yet again! They should paint him the way he would look today -- gray hair, wrinkles, a red Lands' End coat. So, I can understand why people are really upset.
The blasting of the mural seems to symbolize what else is being lost and what has alrady been lost.
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