TA Wall and Factory December 2009

OK so here are my shots from mid December of the TA Wall and Factory. Still not much activity on the top wall and some pretty constant action on the lower portion. Seems that the buffing has not been as successful as the city or MTQ had hoped. But its not like they have been vigilant in their efforts as of late. I can see the wall area coming back to its colorful self by spring. Enjoy these shots. I'll hopefully have more up from around town soon enough.

Here are my final shots of the Factory from 2009. The first 2 are pan shots from several areas on the 2nd floor. Some nice new stuff, old stuff too. A really like the wayt eh snow settles in open piles and blankets from the open walls and shattered sky lights. There is a quiet peace about this place in the winter that I find eerily relaxing.

About halfway through the 2nd floor, on the southside near the windows I found an interesting installation by a writer named Metrs (maybe Meirs??). I had been in the factory not a week or so prior and caught a shot of his piece without the extra stuff. To walk through again and find this extra installed portion of the piece really struck me. In the last 7 years of taking shots here I've never seen anything like this, especially done after the fact. The installed portion really adds to the piece pulling it out of the wall and incorporates the corner section very cleverly.

Here's another interesting piece I shot by MOES, the last time I was in the factory there was another piece by the writer in the same spot. It was a portrait piece as well, but of a different person. Seems he came back in to redo it in another likeness.

Castro at Work the building over...

I'll have more from CBR and around town soon. Fresh pics and some stuff from the vault coming soon!

TA Wall & Factory Nov 2009

I've been meaning to post these but only got around to doing it today. These pics are from the TA Wall and Factory on the 19th November. The walls seem to be gaining more hits as writers continue to hit them up mostly with tags and throw ups. A couple of pieces have gone up here and there but there still remains a good deal of open grey space yet to be painted.

I've gone by since on my way downtown and noticed more activity but have not been able to stop and get any new pics. Now that the recent snow storm just hit it will be interesting to see how serious the city or MTQ are about keeping the area buffed even in this kind of weather and if writers will take the opportunity to drench the area in paint.

Here's a pan shot of the upper TA Wall from November. As you can see not much up at all,  however, LUXER seems to have made a statement to the buffers "Buff me now! Useless fucks" after a row of consecutive hollow throw ups into a final fill in going back a number of meters. A few others got up too but nothing of major import.

Besides that, there are a few "Fuck the police" tags and some other comments towards the buffers by a couple of writers.

The lower TA Wall had a couple of nice pieces but was mostly covered by tags and throw ups. It seems that this wall, along with the upper section, has become a free-for-all zone for writers. I think it will take some time before these walls are back to being covered in color and style like they were only a short time ago. Not many pics as there wasn't much of substance but still a couple of good hits.

The Factory remains as it has been for sometime now, although a majority of the activity has been moved to the second floor and rooftop with the demolition of the ground floor by construction workers. New stuff goes up all the time, there are always some solid burners among the countless tags and throw ups mixed into layers of paint left by countless writers. As most of the recent activity in this area has been in the Factory,  a majority of my shots were done here.

 

 

 

I got a few good pan shots too. Here's one from the entrance off of the lower TA Wall. It's slightly fuzzy in some places but does the trick. The stairs to the right go up to the second floor.

 The following shot is from the top of the stairs that lead to the second floor showing the open walk ways leading to the neighboring rooms.

These next two are of the second floor. Both are from the same room but from different ends. The second was taken from atop of a platform.

The rooftop had some interesting stuff too. Some nice pieces and a few birthday shout outs. I was able to get some great shots this time.

One of my favorite shots of the day by Sberk incorporating the window and far wall into his piece.

 I'll be going back to the Wall and Factory in the next few days if the weather and light permits. I'll post more soon.