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THE ICONIC 5POINTZ  IN LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS, KNOWN AS THE GRAFFITI MECCA, WAS WHITEWASHED OVERNIGHT EARLIER LAST MONTH. JERRY WOLKOFF, OWNER OF THE BUILDING, SAID HE DECIDED THAT PAINTING OVER THE ART AT NIGHT WITHOUT NOTICE WAS THE KINDEST WAY TO END AN ERA AS PAINTERS QUIETLY BLANKETED MUCH OF THE WALLS OF 5POINTZ , ERASING THE WORK OF HUNDREDS AND PUTTING THE FINAL NAIL IN THE LONG BATTLE BETWEEN THE BUILDING’S OWNERS, WHO PLAN TO ERECT LUXURY APARTMENTS, AND THE ARTISTS WHO FOUGHT TO SAVE IT. 
 
5POINTZ’S ARTISTS AND ADMIRERS ARE STILL IN SHOCK, TWEETING THEIR REACTIONS TO THE OFFICIAL 5POINTS PAGE ON TWITTER. HERE IS WHAT 5 POINTS SUPPORTERS HAD TO SAY.

5Piontz Whitewashed

GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE OF NEW JERSEY ANNOUNCED ON MONDAY THAT HE WOULD DROP HIS LEGAL CHALLENGE TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, NEW JERSEY JOINED 13 OTHER STATES IN ALLOWING GAY COUPLES TO MARRY. THE STATE SUPREME COURT’S CHIEF JUSTICE, STUART RABNER SAYS “SAME-SEX COUPLES WHO CANNOT MARRY ARE NOT TREATED EQM TO THEM IS REAL, NOT ABSTRACT OR SPECULATIVE.” 

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