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Chain the pieces · real walking routes · straight-line distances

Walks

Curated routes that chain located pieces into a real-world path. Read on the train, walk with your eyes up.

Walk № 1 · 3 stops · ≈ 1.5 km · Bushwick / East New York

The Bushwick Loop

  1. The Bushwick Collective at Street LevelStart · Troutman St corridor · Walls · 12 min read
  2. How a Wall Gets Permission≈ 0.3 km on · the Wyckoff Ave legal walls · Walls · 11 min read
  3. Five Rooftops You Can See From the J Train≈ 1.2 km on · finish on the elevated platform · Dispatches · 4 min read

Take the L to Jefferson St to start; finish anywhere on the J/M elevated stretch and let the train do the last gallery.

Walk № 2 · 3 stops · ≈ 3.3 km · Lower East Side → Chelsea

Manhattan Paste & Masks

  1. Wheatpaste Season on the Lower East SideStart · Houston to Grand, eastern blocks · Walls · 4 min read
  2. Please Touch the Art≈ 2.9 km on · touchable public objects around Madison Square · Objects · 7 min read
  3. Guerrilla Girls: Thirty Years of Masks≈ 0.4 km on · poster territory, Chelsea · Shows · 8 min read

Best after dark on the LES leg — fresh paste reads best at night. The masks never come off.

Walk № 3 · 2 stops · ≈ 2.5 km · Long Island City

Queens Objects Run

  1. Court Square's Rotating WallsStart · Jackson Ave / Thomson Ave blocks · Walls · 5 min read
  2. The Welding Women of Socrates Sculpture Park≈ 2.5 km on · Vernon Blvd waterfront · Objects · 7 min read

Walk Vernon Boulevard north along the river — on a weekday you may catch the welding arcs going.