Tag: graffiti mansion
Cool news on the 190 Bowery beat: the Landmarks Preservation Commission has approved restoration and renovation plans to the building that will retain the iconic graffiti on the building’s exterior, YIMBY reports. On May 5, architect Jørgen Cleemann presented his plan to the LPC, which will restore many fixtures including doors and windows, but will […]
Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal reported (and ANIMAL and others repeated), that the new tenants of 190 Bowery are cool with the graffiti on the exterior of the building and want it to stay. But unfortunately, that may not matter — Matthew Moneypenny, the CEO of the unnamed creative conglomeration that plans on […]
The mansion at Bowery and Spring, which has been covered in graffiti tags since the 1980s, has sold for a whopping $55 million. Rumors of the sale have been swirling since September, but until Thursday, the price was undisclosed. The New York Daily News first reported the price that photographer Jay Maisel received for 190 […]