I'm sorry I didn't see it. I did see "graffitti" on the walls of the
Alamo, messages left by those who later died there.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Jack Pitzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Not all street art is malicious.
> In London, there's a famous street artist named Banksy.
> He's known all over the world, and I see a parallel between the art
on the Baronet
> and what Banksy does.
> The brilliant part of the Baronet art was that it was done before
the demolition happened
> on 4th ave.
> This piece of art featured a beautiful collection of flying birds,
and a caption that read
> "Asbury Park, city of open lot's" or something to that nature.
> It was revealed thru the creation of another open lot.
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Jack Pitzer" <hinge98@> wrote:
> >
> > Did you see the art in question?
> > It wasn't like typical graffiti at all.
> > I agree with most of what else you had to say though.
> > Personally, I think we should dress up Larry Fishman and his band
of demolition "artists"
> in
> > orange jumpsuits and parade them around the city to show people
who destroyed the
> > "real" asbury boardwalk area.
> > In my opinion, Asbury Park is becoming gentrified in the name of
money, just like
> > everyplace else in this country. To me, it would be nice if we
preserved our heritage
> rather
> > then constantly feeling the need to rebuild it. It's pretty hard
to see the 200 years of
> > history we have here because we love to tear it down. That's
another reason I love
> Europe.
> > At least when I go there I can see history. Here in the USA, we're
awash in crappy
> > pedestrian architecture that lines our highways and cities. I've
said this many times
> before,
> > but it's getting to the point in America where you could wake up
in virtually any given
> > place and have no idea where you are because it's all starting to
look the same.
> >
> >
>
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