Re_Found_again

another Found Stiker

Banks_illustration

Brick Illustration for issue 01 of

The Change of Things to Come

Found

Another_found

Daily found sticker

Re_Found_Stickers

Seen Any of these?

TCOTTC_Poster_.2

A Second variation of the Poster with the added title in a traced and revectorized version of Trade Gothic No.20 Oblique

TCOTTC_Poster

The Title of the Periodical being created has change from Oppertunity Not to one of my earlier titles The Change of Thing to Come. Above Is a poster displaying the logo of the Periodical.

PotoShoot_at_the_Banks

Now Having Completed The documentation of our preliminary exercises it has grown into an entirely new project. “The Change of Things to Come” will be a Monthly periodical that documents places that are going to be destroyed. Each Issue will focus on one particular location documenting the area as well as the people and social issues surrounding it.

View all 12 photos of the empty banks here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/louisrivera/sets/72157622894737750/

Process_Book

The Documentation/Process book has been complete for a few weeks now and being that there was only one copy produced i have photographed the book literally from cover to cover including every single spread. This book descirbes and documents in detail every single step that was taken so far in reguard to this project From our original 25 objects to the Conclusions of the Waste_More campaign.

View eaxh spread here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/louisrivera/sets/72157622696096361/

Or Download a PDF Here:

http://www.mediafire.com/?mznznqjnmdo

The_Brooklyn_Banks: Closing

The Brooklyn Banks is scheduled to be closed this from this December until the scheduled date of the completion of the repair of the Bridge is complete in 2014. For the 5 year scheduled close the Skatepark will be used as a staging area for the mandatory construction on the bridge. Yes this means that the city will be Salvaging the area from its current run down state for the better of the bridge which is awesome being that without the bridge these buttresses and pillars would not even exist. However it is of more importance that this section of the Bridge’s architectural support system has been Salvaged By BMX Riders, Skateboarders, Rollerbladers, and scooter riders for decades. Within the creativity of any type of street rider or skater is the desire to Salvage the urban landscape and put it to a great further use; their own. This transformation of Architecture into ridable obstacles has taken place since these sports were created, and here under the bridge the transformation of what was created as only pillars and buttresses has been transformed into THE MOST  FAMOUS street spot in the world, and without a doubt the BEST street spot in the world. What it seems that the city of New York has failed to notice(among other things) is that by closing the Brooklyn Banks they are not only taking this Skatepark away from New York riders but they are taking it away from riders worldwide. Yes it is dirty, yes the walls are covered in BAD graffiti, and sometimes it smells like urine but to us it is a paradise and those who share this love for the place clean and take care of it without being told to do so.

Photo Above: Josh Better known as the Muffin Man with a foot-jam tail-whip atop the Big Bank. Copyright 2007 Louis Rivera