In a small bar in Queens where everyone seems to know everyone else's name, a Frenchwoman is crying. She's Marie Cecile Flageul, one of the lead supporters of the sprawling, 200,000-square-foot complex around the corner known as 5 Pointz. Some call the abandoned buildings at this Western edge of the borough their temple. For decades, hundreds of artists from around the world have trekked to layer its surfaces in swirls of paint, practicing and perfecting the art of graffiti. Flageul and her coho...
In a small bar in Queens where everyone seems to know everyone else's name, a Frenchwoman is crying. She's Marie Cecile Flageul, one of the lead supporters of the sprawling, 200,000-square-foot complex around the corner known as 5 Pointz. Some call the abandoned buildings at this Western edge of the borough their temple. For decades, hundreds of artists from around the world have trekked to layer its surfaces in swirls of paint, practicing and perfecting the art of graffiti. Flageul and her coho...
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