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LONG ISLAND CITY — The writing's on the wall — and Queens Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. does not approve.

Vallone's campaign against the glorification of graffiti has a new target — an ex-subway vandal who began tagging walls as "KR.ONE" while he was a fifth-grader at P.S. 166 in Long Island City. Louie "KR.ONE" Gasparro's graffiti-inspired art is slated to be on display at a March 10 show, "Bringer of the Kolorstorm," a one-night exhibit at the Cause Art ...

By R.M. SCHNEIDERMAN

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In town to promote his new film, "Exit Through the Gift Shop," Banksy, the pseudonymous British street artist, has been leaving reminders of his visit around the city.

Spotted thus far: stenciled and painted Banksy pieces in Chinatown, the Financial District, SoHo and Dumbo.

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A pedestrian walks by a graffiti work by the British street ...

This is a email that found it's way into alot of mailboxes and we choose to share it you.............

(T KID)

Yo my man cut the shit with your bull shit. I`m going to tell you something..I didn’t pay that incident any mind till that day we were painting together with cope in that school yard. I listen very carefully to what you said that day and your own words led me to believe what I felt in my gut for the longest.
You came looking for me to get into the yard not the other way around.PAL!!...