metro special
5 Pointz Whitewashed
Olympus OM-1n MD
28mm f/2.8 Zuiko lens
Fuji Velvia 100 pushed 3 stops (800)
Upon seeing the whitewashed building in the NY Daily News a sudden dose of disbelief struck me and made me hop on a 7 train Court Sq. bound only to find the site in person was far more depressing then i could've ever imagined. Writers and spectators from the neighborhood alike all huddled in the middle of the 5 Pointz lot looking in awe at the destruction of a decade's worth of hard work in one night. It felt like i was at a funeral. What made it worse was the knowledge that all this was done to prep for the construction of yet another tall gleaming boring high rise with rents no regular New Yorker can ever afford...
5 Pointz Whitewashed
Olympus OM-1n MD
28mm f/2.8 Zuiko lens
Fuji Velvia 100 pushed 3 stops (800)
Upon seeing the whitewashed building in the NY Daily News a sudden dose of disbelief struck me and made me hop on a 7 train Court Sq. bound only to find the site in person was far more depressing then i could've ever imagined. Writers and spectators from the neighborhood alike all huddled in the middle of the 5 Pointz lot looking in awe at the destruction of a decade's worth of hard work in one night. It felt like i was at a funeral. What made it worse was the knowledge that all this was done to prep for the construction of yet another tall gleaming boring high rise with rents no regular New Yorker can ever afford...