Simple bubble letters got the nickname "throw ups" due to the fact that they were done quick, and a writer would just throw it up in seconds. Writers have their own stamp in a sense... the public would view it as sloppy, but to a writer, it was the key to being noticed quickly. NYC throw up kings such as CAP MPC, COPE 2, JA One, GHOST, KET, and CHINO BYI changes the game with their distinctive throw ups. Some are solid-filled while others prefer to just to it with a fat-cap. Today, thousands of...

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author: Peter : Brooklyn, NY

One for the Google-bot... After this post got spidered by Google, we started getting a noticeable amount of traffic from people searching for the word sixy (or sixy girl or sixy photo, etc) as apparently many non-English-speaking visitors confuse this almost-homonymous word with sexy, and apparently have surfed here looking for porn. So imagine my amusement when I found this advertisement for "Page Six" of the

Ugliest Building in New York?

author: Peter : Brooklyn, NY

On a recent walking tour of Coney Island, Francis Morrone (www.francismorrone.com) described the Abe Stark Sports Center as one of the Ugliest Buildings in New York. I can't say that I disagree. From the utilitarian 1960s-era bomb-shelter aesthetic to the general apparent lack up maintenance, as well as the impassable fencing and steel pull-down doors, this structure seems to have many prerequisites for such a classification. Not to mention the element...

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author: Peter : Brooklyn, NY

A view of midtown Manhattan from Brooklyn, westward over the East River, from the bridge crossing Newtown Creek, the estuary that separates Brooklyn from Queens... Looking north into Queens, from Brooklyn... The cranes at Gantry Plaza State Park in Parkour Trip to Lisses

author: Ben Nuttall : Lisses, FR

Trip to Lisses, 2007: For those of you who don't know, Lisses is a suburb of Paris and it is where Parkour began. David Belle, the founder of the French discipline, lived there and began to develop the art of movement from his background in gymnastics, athletics and martial arts. La Dame Du Lac Me, Danny and Scott met up in Sheffield bus station and got the coach to London, where we met up with...

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