Tag: New York City

Nigel Sylvester – BRICK AFTER BRICK: The Documentary

BRICK AFTER BRICK: The Documentary, an intimate look at the vision, pressure, and work behind his Air Jordan collaboration and its release. The film follows Nigel from shaping the sneaker to building…

Inside NYC’s hidden sticker battle

New York City is covered in all different types of graffiti, one of the most prolific being stickers. In neighborhoods like Bushwick and the Lower East Side, you can find stickers on…

“SMOKED, SLICED, STACKED: LOXFEST TAKES PIER 17

    Frank 151 sits down with the LoxFest team ten days out from the Seaport’s loudest food day of the year. There are food festivals, and then there are food festivals…

Meet The Next Generation of New York City Skateboarding

Skateboarding in New York City has been pretty slow the last couple of years. Sure, there are a lot of new, talented transplants making their mark, but where’s the next generation of…

STRIPPED: Return of The Pulse

Written by Sarah Rose  Field Notes From Where We Feel Alive A few weeks ago I found myself standing barefoot in a local surf shop wearing an oversized Knicks tee I’ve had…

How Graffiti Haunted A City

Graffiti has always walked the thin line between art and vandalism. Graffiti is color, identity, rebellion, and evidence that the city is alive to some people. However, it represents defacement, disorder, and…

A Brief History of New York Graffiti Art

New York graffiti didn’t start in galleries — it started in the streets, loud and illegal, born from boredom, ego, and the need to be seen. In the late ‘60s and early…