5 Pointz, Long Island City. Image © Hans Von Rittern, via http://newyorkcityinthewitofaneye.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/5-pointzc2a9.jpg
The artists behind New York’s graffiti haven 5 Pointz have learned that their last-ditch legal effort to save the outdoor gallery will likely fail.
“The building, unfortunately, is going to have to come down,” federal judge Frederic Block said in New York’s eastern district court on Friday. […]
“I’m getting the sense that the traditional academic way of looking at things needs to be updated,” Block said.
— The Guardian
