Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Street Art

Reverse Graffiti

By Aaron Naparstek | | 6 Comments
Who is the big bad graffito — all of those automobile tailpipes or the guy scrubbing soot off the wall of this tunnel in Sao Paulo? A Streetsblog tipster sends along news about a cool new urban art form: A number of street artists around the world have taken to expressing themselves through an innovative […]

In Defense of Ghost Bikes

By Charles Komanoff | | 23 Comments
Aaron’s piece questioning the memorialization of bike fatalities reminds us that cycle advocacy is rife with paradoxes. Drawing attention to cycling deaths and injuries can be powerful politically and symbolically but may also scare off would-be riders. Moreover, cycling is safer for all when there are more cyclists. We’ve all wrestled with these contradictions and […]