5Pointz Artists React to City Council Approval With Lawsuit

One day after City Council approved plans to demolish the 5Pointz warehouse and build two condo towers, the founders of the 5Pointz Aerosol Art Center filed a lawsuit against the building owners to prevent the demolition from happening. New York Daily News reports that the suit is seeking a temporary restraining order, but does not go into any more specifics of the lawsuit at hand. What’s clear is that the building owners, Jerry and David Wolkoff, are set on bringing this building down: “I’m sure they just want to keep the building there — which is not going to happen,” David Wolkoff told the News. “After close to two decades of allowing them to do their work freely, it’s a shame … that they won’t allow us to do our work freely.”

Founders of 5Pointz File Lawsuit to Block Demolition of Grafitti Mecca [NY Times]
BREAKING: 5Pointz Condo Plan a Go, More Development Details Emerge [Q’Stoner]