One of New York's Beautiful Graffiti Walls Gets Torn Down

                Huffington's Post, "Artists Bid Sad Farewell To 5 Pointz, New York City's Graffiti Mecca" article was written on November 21, 2013 by Mallika Rao.

             One of New York's most marveled iconic walls of graffiti art is torn down to the ground, leaving all of its city's artists weeping. 5 Pointz was a towering 200,000 foot abandoned complex where painters gathered from all around the world to master their skills with the neon colors of the spray cans. It was also a notorious tour stop, where many absorbed the true "big city" spirit by gazing at the never-ending mural. Marie Cecile Flageul, one of the lead supporters of the wall, with her cohorts petitioned the Brooklyn Federal Court for weeks in attempt to stop the property's landlord, Jerry Wolkoff, from knocking down the building and replacing it with a pair of high risers. Even a mob of furious artists crowded the courtyard of 5 Pointz in protest to spook Wolkoff. But sadly by Tuesday morning, a dozen hired men whitewashed the property's facade, stripping off years of unique work and culture. In memory, all the veteran graffiti artists of the fallen wall lit candles along its side. Now, R.I.P posters rest against the building, making a statement... The tragic reality is that art so frequently seems to be the most discriminated in the world. The horrid lies in which philistine moguls hold the power to pursue such prejudice to what gives color and character to the environment.