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Category Archives: graffiti

Stephen Harper And The Conservative Gangstaz

November 28, 2010by neath Leave a comment
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Art, graffiti, Photography, Turcot

Banksy Detroit Piece Gets Museum Treatment Amid More Controversy

May 17, 2010by neath 4 Comments

It’s a strange story but perhaps an inevitable one. Banksy recently painted some walls in Detroit which is not a big deal except that artists from the 555 Nonprofit Gallery […]

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Art & Culture, Banksy, graffiti

Graffiti Return And The Forgotten Turcot People

April 4, 2010by neath Leave a comment

Resilient and determined seem the Turcot graffiti writers. Just wish the ones who recently tagged the refurbished milk bottle downtown would get some serious education training. This view from Notre […]

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graffiti, Turcot

Graffiti Removal At Turcot

January 23, 2010by neath 7 Comments

Seems strange not to see the graffiti but perhaps even stranger is simply why? They have security to keep people out of the yards and no can see 90% of […]

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graffiti, Photography, Turcot, Urban

Judith Brisson – Anecdote

August 27, 2008by neath 4 Comments

I finally summoned up the courage to visit the Turcot yards, after contemplating them for close to a half-century. I remember the rows upon rows of railway cars that were […]

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Art, Dreams, graffiti, Photography

Escalator Piece

August 7, 2008by neath 1 Comment

Neale over at Five Whys took this picture during a recent trip to San Francisco. Thought it was worth repeating here.

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graffiti, Photography

More Recent Graffiti

May 30, 2008by neath 3 Comments

You can also catch this last 3 dimensional work over at Factotum’s photoblog.

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Art, graffiti, Interchange, Signs

NME

May 25, 2008by neath Leave a comment
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graffiti, Photography

Banksy

May 5, 2008by neath 5 Comments

Just a tad late but this weekend he organized The Cans Festival in London. From Wiki, Banksy is a well-known pseudo-anonymous[1] English graffiti artist. He is believed to be a […]

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"Public Space", Art, Drawings, graffiti, Paintings, Street, Urban

Saint Remi Tunnel Closed to Traffic

March 25, 2008by neath 5 Comments

Taken from Exploring Southwest Montreal. “According to the Voix Populaire, the Saint-Remi Tunnel (St-Remi between rue St-Ambroise and avenue de l’Eglise) will be closed to automobile traffic from March 25th […]

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architecture, Flood, graffiti, Infrastructure, Photography, Structures, Urban

the_redbird

December 17, 2007by neath 2 Comments

And you can catch the_redbird’s Flickr page here.

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Abandoned, architecture, Dog, freeway, graffiti, Infrastructure, Interchange, Snow, Urban, Winter

Gold

November 10, 2007by neath 1 Comment
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architecture, graffiti, Interchange, Photography, Railroad, Structures, Tunnel

Graffiti (3)

September 13, 2007by neath 10 Comments

Who says taggers don’t have a sense of humour? (and where have I heard that one before?). Very appropriate in light of the state of Quebec highway overpasses these days. […]

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Abandoned, architecture, Art, environment, freeway, graffiti, Interchange, Photography, Structures, Transportation art

Recent Graffiti

July 13, 2007by neath 5 Comments

 

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architecture, Art, Art & Culture, Drawings, graffiti, Green Space, Interchange, Paintings, Photography, Railroad, Structures

One Armed Bandit

May 7, 2007by neath 1 Comment

From a few years ago just west of Dead Dog Tunnel.

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architecture, freeway, graffiti, Interchange, Photography, Structures, Urban

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