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  • New York City's street art, the uncommissioned, uncommercial forms of expression that pop up on buildings, sidewalks and street signs, go way beyond traditional graffiti. But this subtler form of street art is often camouflaged by more brash graffiti tags, like these black and white line drawings by Gaia, an artist-of-the-moment.
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  • Allison Theriault of Road Island in front The Nederlander Theater, home of the Broadway play, RENT. As  Rent  closes after 12 years on Broadway, no one is mourning the show more than the  Rentheads,  an army of passionate fans who have made the show the center of their life. They follow it from city to city on national tours, and they have become a fixture at the NY Theatre where the show opened in 1996, sleeping outside, waiting for tickets, and covering the walls with graffiti. Aug. 28, 2008.
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  • Allison Theriault of Road Island in front The Nederlander Theater, home of the Broadway play, RENT. As  Rent  closes after 12 years on Broadway, no one is mourning the show more than the  Rentheads,  an army of passionate fans who have made the show the center of their life. They follow it from city to city on national tours, and they have become a fixture at the NY Theatre where the show opened in 1996, sleeping outside, waiting for tickets, and covering the walls with graffiti. Aug. 28, 2008.
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  • Allison Theriault of Road Island in front The Nederlander Theater, home of the Broadway play, RENT. As  Rent  closes after 12 years on Broadway, no one is mourning the show more than the  Rentheads,  an army of passionate fans who have made the show the center of their life. They follow it from city to city on national tours, and they have become a fixture at the NY Theatre where the show opened in 1996, sleeping outside, waiting for tickets, and covering the walls with graffiti. Aug. 28, 2008.
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  • Maria Paduano of New Jersey signs the wall in front The Nederlander Theater, home of the Broadway play, RENT. As  Rent  closes after 12 years on Broadway, no one is mourning the show more than the  Rentheads,  an army of passionate fans who have made the show the center of their life. They follow it from city to city on national tours, and they have become a fixture at the NY Theatre where the show opened in 1996, sleeping outside, waiting for tickets, and covering the walls with graffiti. Aug. 28, 2008.
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  • Details of writing on walls at The Nederlander Theater in New York. As  Rent  closes after 12 years on Broadway, no one is mourning the show more than the  Rentheads,  an army of passionate fans who have made the show the center of their life. They follow it from city to city on national tours, and they have become a fixture at the NY Theatre where the show opened in 1996, sleeping outside, waiting for tickets, and covering the walls with graffiti. Aug. 28, 2008.
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  • Details of writing on walls at The Nederlander Theater in New York. As  Rent  closes after 12 years on Broadway, no one is mourning the show more than the  Rentheads,  an army of passionate fans who have made the show the center of their life. They follow it from city to city on national tours, and they have become a fixture at the NY Theatre where the show opened in 1996, sleeping outside, waiting for tickets, and covering the walls with graffiti. Aug. 28, 2008.
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  • Rentheads typically start lining up at 4:30 p.m. outside The Nederlander Theater, home of the closing Broadway show RENT, for lottery tickets ($20) giving them front row seats for each performance.Details of writing on walls at The Nederlander Theater in New York. As  Rent  closes after 12 years on Broadway, no one is mourning the show more than the  Rentheads,  an army of passionate fans who have made the show the center of their life. They follow it from city to city on national tours, and they have become a fixture at the NY Theatre where the show opened in 1996, sleeping outside, waiting for tickets, and covering the walls with graffiti.
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  • Rentheads typically start lining up at 4:30 p.m. outside The Nederlander Theater, home of the closing Broadway show RENT, for lottery tickets ($20) giving them front row seats for each performance.Details of writing on walls at The Nederlander Theater in New York. As  Rent  closes after 12 years on Broadway, no one is mourning the show more than the  Rentheads,  an army of passionate fans who have made the show the center of their life. They follow it from city to city on national tours, and they have become a fixture at the NY Theatre where the show opened in 1996, sleeping outside, waiting for tickets, and covering the walls with graffiti.
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  • Rentheads typically start lining up at 4:30 p.m. outside The Nederlander Theater, home of the closing Broadway show RENT, for lottery tickets ($20) giving them front row seats for each performance.Details of writing on walls at The Nederlander Theater in New York. As  Rent  closes after 12 years on Broadway, no one is mourning the show more than the  Rentheads,  an army of passionate fans who have made the show the center of their life. They follow it from city to city on national tours, and they have become a fixture at the NY Theatre where the show opened in 1996, sleeping outside, waiting for tickets, and covering the walls with graffiti.
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  • Susan Chase reads a book while waiting for a lottery. Rentheads typically start lining up at 4:30 p.m. outside The Nederlander Theater, home of the closing Broadway show RENT, for lottery tickets ($20) giving them front row seats for each performance.Details of writing on walls at The Nederlander Theater in New York. As  Rent  closes after 12 years on Broadway, no one is mourning the show more than the  Rentheads,  an army of passionate fans who have made the show the center of their life. They follow it from city to city on national tours, and they have become a fixture at the NY Theatre where the show opened in 1996, sleeping outside, waiting for tickets, and covering the walls with graffiti.
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  • Sonny Curry yells out winning lottery names. Rentheads typically start lining up at 4:30 p.m. outside The Nederlander Theater, home of the closing Broadway show RENT, for lottery tickets ($20) giving them front row seats for each performance.Details of writing on walls at The Nederlander Theater in New York. As  Rent  closes after 12 years on Broadway, no one is mourning the show more than the  Rentheads,  an army of passionate fans who have made the show the center of their life. They follow it from city to city on national tours, and they have become a fixture at the NY Theatre where the show opened in 1996, sleeping outside, waiting for tickets, and covering the walls with graffiti.
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  • Graffiti and art in New York.
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  • Patrons view wall art and graffiti in New York.
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  • Graffiti and art in New York.
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  • Graffiti and art in New York.
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  • Allison Theriault of Road Island in front The Nederlander Theater, home of the Broadway play, RENT. As  Rent  closes after 12 years on Broadway, no one is mourning the show more than the  Rentheads,  an army of passionate fans who have made the show the center of their life. They follow it from city to city on national tours, and they have become a fixture at the NY Theatre where the show opened in 1996, sleeping outside, waiting for tickets, and covering the walls with graffiti. Aug. 28, 2008.
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  • Maria Paduano of New Jersey signs the wall in front The Nederlander Theater, home of the Broadway play, RENT. As  Rent  closes after 12 years on Broadway, no one is mourning the show more than the  Rentheads,  an army of passionate fans who have made the show the center of their life. They follow it from city to city on national tours, and they have become a fixture at the NY Theatre where the show opened in 1996, sleeping outside, waiting for tickets, and covering the walls with graffiti. Aug. 28, 2008.
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  • Details of writing on walls at The Nederlander Theater in New York. As  Rent  closes after 12 years on Broadway, no one is mourning the show more than the  Rentheads,  an army of passionate fans who have made the show the center of their life. They follow it from city to city on national tours, and they have become a fixture at the NY Theatre where the show opened in 1996, sleeping outside, waiting for tickets, and covering the walls with graffiti. Aug. 28, 2008.
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  • Rentheads typically start lining up at 4:30 p.m. outside The Nederlander Theater, home of the closing Broadway show RENT, for lottery tickets ($20) giving them front row seats for each performance.Details of writing on walls at The Nederlander Theater in New York. As  Rent  closes after 12 years on Broadway, no one is mourning the show more than the  Rentheads,  an army of passionate fans who have made the show the center of their life. They follow it from city to city on national tours, and they have become a fixture at the NY Theatre where the show opened in 1996, sleeping outside, waiting for tickets, and covering the walls with graffiti.
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  • Rentheads typically start lining up at 4:30 p.m. outside The Nederlander Theater, home of the closing Broadway show RENT, for lottery tickets ($20) giving them front row seats for each performance.Details of writing on walls at The Nederlander Theater in New York. As  Rent  closes after 12 years on Broadway, no one is mourning the show more than the  Rentheads,  an army of passionate fans who have made the show the center of their life. They follow it from city to city on national tours, and they have become a fixture at the NY Theatre where the show opened in 1996, sleeping outside, waiting for tickets, and covering the walls with graffiti.
    140725.CA.082808.Rent11.JPG
  • Susan Chase reads a book while waiting for a lottery. Rentheads typically start lining up at 4:30 p.m. outside The Nederlander Theater, home of the closing Broadway show RENT, for lottery tickets ($20) giving them front row seats for each performance.Details of writing on walls at The Nederlander Theater in New York. As  Rent  closes after 12 years on Broadway, no one is mourning the show more than the  Rentheads,  an army of passionate fans who have made the show the center of their life. They follow it from city to city on national tours, and they have become a fixture at the NY Theatre where the show opened in 1996, sleeping outside, waiting for tickets, and covering the walls with graffiti.
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  • Sonny Curry yells out winning lottery names. Rentheads typically start lining up at 4:30 p.m. outside The Nederlander Theater, home of the closing Broadway show RENT, for lottery tickets ($20) giving them front row seats for each performance.Details of writing on walls at The Nederlander Theater in New York. As  Rent  closes after 12 years on Broadway, no one is mourning the show more than the  Rentheads,  an army of passionate fans who have made the show the center of their life. They follow it from city to city on national tours, and they have become a fixture at the NY Theatre where the show opened in 1996, sleeping outside, waiting for tickets, and covering the walls with graffiti.
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  • Sonny Curry shakes the  lottery cards before calling the lucky names. Rentheads typically start lining up at 4:30 p.m. outside The Nederlander Theater, home of the closing Broadway show RENT, for lottery tickets ($20) giving them front row seats for each performance.Details of writing on walls at The Nederlander Theater in New York. As  Rent  closes after 12 years on Broadway, no one is mourning the show more than the  Rentheads,  an army of passionate fans who have made the show the center of their life. They follow it from city to city on national tours, and they have become a fixture at the NY Theatre where the show opened in 1996, sleeping outside, waiting for tickets, and covering the walls with graffiti.
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  • Graffiti and art in New York.
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  • Graffiti and art in New York.
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  • Wall art and graffiti in New York.
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  • cuban stray dog in havana street
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  • cuban man with mural in background
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  • SoHo street art world. For Seth Kugel's Weekend in New York column.
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  • SoHo street art world. For Seth Kugel's Weekend in New York column.
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  • Billi Kid, an artist in the SoHo street art world. For Seth Kugel's Weekend in New York column.
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  • SoHo street art world. For Seth Kugel's Weekend in New York column.
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  • Black and white line drawings by Gaia, a young artist who is prolific in the street art world. SoHo. For Seth Kugel's Weekend in New York column.
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  • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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  • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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  • Although wheat-pasting - affixing pre-made drawings with glue to building walls - is probably the most common medium for street art, pieces are often affixed to street signs, like this one by the artist Peru Ana Ana Peru.
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  • The unidentified artist of this creature probably put it up in homage to the artist of the wheat-pasted drawing above it.
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  • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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  • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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  • It can be drawings on paper that have been wheat-pasted onto the side of a building, like this one.
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  • If you want to go in search of street art, doing a little homework will vastly improve your experience. Several Web sites, like Streetsy.com and woostercollective.com, will help you get to know the most prolific artists, and then you'll be able to spot them on the street.
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  • If you want to go in search of street art, doing a little homework will vastly improve your experience. Several Web sites, like Streetsy.com and woostercollective.com, will help you get to know the most prolific artists, and then you'll be able to spot them on the street.
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  • Elbowtoe, an artist who is prolific in the street art world, uses political faces for this series of work.
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  • No art history background required; it's not like distinguishing Cézanne from Matisse.
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  • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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  • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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  • Neighborhoods like Chelsea, SoHo and the Lower East Side in Manhattan and Williamsburg and Dumbo in Brooklyn are rife with artworks.
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  • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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  • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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  • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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  • An unidentified oeuvre on Bond Street in NoHo. Street art can be found on and around doors, on shuttered windows, above your head, near the ground, on poles and street signs and traffic signals and newspaper boxes and scaffolding.
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  • An unidentified oeuvre on Bond Street in NoHo. Street art can be found on and around doors, on shuttered windows, above your head, near the ground, on poles and street signs and traffic signals and newspaper boxes and scaffolding.
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  • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
    _MG_6840 copy.jpg
  • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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  • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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  • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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  • Renowned graffitti artist Mohammed Ali AKA "aerosole Arabic" paints a mural in dedication to victims of the Bronx fire. Members of the Magassa family, Alesha Magassa, pictured, were on hand to help paint and witness the creation of the mural dedicated to their lost siblings. The mural is located at 56 East Mt. Eden Avenue at Townsend Avenue in The Bronx.  April 17, 2007.
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  • Reknowned graffitti artist Mohammed Ali AKA "aerosole Arabic" paints a mural in dedication to victims of the Bronx fire. Members of the Mougassa family were on hand to help paint and witness the creation of the mural dedicated to their lost siblings. The mural is located at 56 East Mt. Eden Avenue at Townsend Avenue in The Bronx.  April 17, 2007.
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  • Alesha Magassa, right, with her two children Haw, 3, left, and Marim, 4, center, in front of a mural being painted in dedication to their family.  Renowned graffitti artist Mohammed Ali AKA "aerosole Arabic" paints a mural in dedication to victims of the Bronx fire. Members of the Magassa family were on hand to help paint and witness the creation of the mural dedicated to their lost siblings. The mural is located at 56 East Mt. Eden Avenue at Townsend Avenue in The Bronx.  April 17, 2007.
    CaplinBronxMural10.jpg
  • Alesha Magassa, right, with her two children Haw, 3, left, and Marim, 4, center, in front of a mural being painted in dedication to their family.  Renowned graffitti artist Mohammed Ali AKA "aerosole Arabic" paints a mural in dedication to victims of the Bronx fire. Members of the Magassa family were on hand to help paint and witness the creation of the mural dedicated to their lost siblings. The mural is located at 56 East Mt. Eden Avenue at Townsend Avenue in The Bronx.  April 17, 2007.
    CaplinBronxMural09.jpg
  • Renowned graffitti artist Mohammed Ali AKA "aerosole Arabic" paints a mural in dedication to victims of the Bronx fire. Members of the Magassa family were on hand to help paint and witness the creation of the mural dedicated to their lost siblings. The mural is located at 56 East Mt. Eden Avenue at Townsend Avenue in The Bronx.  April 17, 2007.
    CaplinBronxMural07.jpg
  • Renowned graffitti artist Mohammed Ali AKA "aerosole Arabic" paints a mural in dedication to victims of the Bronx fire. Members of the Magassa family were on hand to help paint and witness the creation of the mural dedicated to their lost siblings. The mural is located at 56 East Mt. Eden Avenue at Townsend Avenue in The Bronx.  April 17, 2007.
    CaplinBronxMural06.jpg
  • Pictured; Ngoundo Magassa is interviewed by news and documentary crews as she fills in portions of a mural dedicated to her family. Renowned graffitti artist Mohammed Ali AKA "aerosole Arabic" paints a mural in dedication to victims of the Bronx fire. Members of the Magassa family were on hand to help paint and witness the creation of the mural dedicated to their lost siblings. The mural is located at 56 East Mt. Eden Avenue at Townsend Avenue in The Bronx.  April 17, 2007.
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  • Pictured; Ngoundo Magassa is interviewed by news and documentary crews as she fills in portions of a mural dedicated to her family. Renowned graffitti artist Mohammed Ali AKA "aerosole Arabic" paints a mural in dedication to victims of the Bronx fire. Members of the Magassa family were on hand to help paint and witness the creation of the mural dedicated to their lost siblings. The mural is located at 56 East Mt. Eden Avenue at Townsend Avenue in The Bronx.  April 17, 2007.
    CaplinBronxMural04.jpg
  • Pictured; Ngoundo Magassa fills in portions of a mural dedicated to her family. Renowned graffitti artist Mohammed Ali AKA "aerosole Arabic" paints a mural in dedication to victims of the Bronx fire. Members of the Magassa family were on hand to help paint and witness the creation of the mural dedicated to their lost siblings. The mural is located at 56 East Mt. Eden Avenue at Townsend Avenue in The Bronx.  April 17, 2007.
    CaplinBronxMural02.jpg
  • Pictured; Ngoundo Magassa fills in portions of a mural dedicated to her family. Renowned graffitti artist Mohammed Ali AKA "aerosole Arabic" paints a mural in dedication to victims of the Bronx fire. Members of the Magassa family were on hand to help paint and witness the creation of the mural dedicated to their lost siblings. The mural is located at 56 East Mt. Eden Avenue at Townsend Avenue in The Bronx.  April 17, 2007.
    CaplinBronxMural01.jpg
  • SoHo street art world. For Seth Kugel's Weekend in New York column.
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  • Rentheads typically start lining up at 4:30 p.m. outside The Nederlander Theater, home of the closing Broadway show RENT, for lottery tickets ($20) giving them front row seats for each performance.Details of writing on walls at The Nederlander Theater in New York. As  Rent  closes after 12 years on Broadway, no one is mourning the show more than the  Rentheads,  an army of passionate fans who have made the show the center of their life.
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  • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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  • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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  • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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  • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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  • Judging street art is not like judging a coin collection: just about nothing is in mint condition. But that's part of the charm.
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  • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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  • Stickman's work is recognizable by his ubiquitous robot form, in this case made from the same paint used in crosswalks but often found in wheat-pastings as well.
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  • Renowned graffitti artist Mohammed Ali AKA "aerosole Arabic" paints a mural in dedication to victims of the Bronx fire. Members of the Magassa family were on hand to help paint and witness the creation of the mural dedicated to their lost siblings. The mural is located at 56 East Mt. Eden Avenue at Townsend Avenue in The Bronx.  April 17, 2007.
    CaplinBronxMural12.jpg
  • Renowned graffitti artist Mohammed Ali AKA "aerosole Arabic" paints a mural in dedication to victims of the Bronx fire. Members of the Magassa family, Alesha Magassa, pictured, were on hand to help paint and witness the creation of the mural dedicated to their lost siblings. The mural is located at 56 East Mt. Eden Avenue at Townsend Avenue in The Bronx.  April 17, 2007. Robert Caplin For The New
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  • Pictured; Ngoundo Magassa fills in portions of a mural dedicated to her family. Renowned graffitti artist Mohammed Ali AKA "aerosole Arabic" paints a mural in dedication to victims of the Bronx fire. Members of the Magassa family were on hand to help paint and witness the creation of the mural dedicated to their lost siblings. The mural is located at 56 East Mt. Eden Avenue at Townsend Avenue in The Bronx.  April 17, 2007.
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  • Tourists cross 106th St. at Park Ave. while on a guided tour of The Graffiti Wall of Fame in Harlem as part of Hush Tours' Hip-Hop Tour March 4, 2006.
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  • Hip-hop pioneer "The Mighty Mike C" of The Fearless 4 (C) gives a guided tour of The Graffiti Wall of Fame in Harlem as part of Hush Tours' Hip-Hop Tour March 4, 2006.
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  • Tourists take pictures while on a guided tour of The Graffiti Wall of Fame in Harlem as part of Hush Tours' Hip-Hop Tour March 4, 2006.
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  • Hip-hop pioneer "The Mighty Mike C" of The Fearless 4 (L) takes photos with tourist Jason Geller (R) at The Graffiti Hall of Fame in Harlem as part of Hush Tours' Hip-Hop Tour March 4, 2006.
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  • Hip-hop pioneer "The Mighty Mike C" of The Fearless 4 (C) takes group photos with tourists at The Graffiti Hall of Fame in Harlem as part of Hush Tours' Hip-Hop Tour March 4, 2006.
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  • Hip-hop pioneer "The Mighty Mike C" of The Fearless 4 (C) gives a guided tour of The Graffiti Wall of Fame in Harlem as part of Hush Tours' Hip-Hop Tour March 4, 2006.
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