NEW YORK (AP) — For two decades, Jerry Wolkoff let graffiti artists use his crumbling Queens warehouse complex as a canvas for their vibrant works. Artists gave the spot the name "5Pointz" — a place where all five New York City boroughs come together — but painters traveled from as far as Japan and Brazil to tag, bomb and burn at what became a graffiti mecca and a tourist destination. But like most graffiti, it didn't last.
Comment on Court weighing whether graffiti mecca was protected by law
By KAREN MATTHEWS, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle
Sat, 10/21/2017 - 11:27am
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