Alex MacLean

Portfolio: Rooftops

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  • 5 Pointz Aerosol Art Center, Inc., 46-1-46-45 Crane St, Long Island City, NY 11101, 40.744617,-73.945836, http://5ptz.com/graff/, 5Pointz Aerosol Art Center, Inc. is an outdoor art exhibit space in Long Island City, New York, considered to be the world’s premiere “graffiti Mecca,” where aerosol artists from around the globe paint colorful pieces on the walls of a 200,000-square-foot factory building. The name 5Pointz signifies the five boroughs coming together as one but, because of its reputation as an epicenter of the graffiti scene, the industrial complex has actually united aerosol artists from across the world. Legendary writers from Canada, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Japan, Brazil, and all over the United States have painted on the building walls, including Stay High 149, Tracy 168, Cope2, Part, and Tats Cru.Over the past decade, the striking, graffiti-covered warehouse has attracted several hip-hop and R&B stars, including Doug E. Fresh, Kurtis Blow, Grandmaster Kaz, Mobb Deep, Rahzel, DJ JS-1, Boot Camp Clik, Joan Jett, and Joss Stone.On any given day, 5Pointz visitors can expect to find prominent artists, musicians, deejays, Emcees (rappers), and B-boys (break dancers) on site, in addition to filmmakers, photographers, and entire tour buses full of admirers soaking in the more than 350 Technicolor murals.The gallery curator is graffiti veteran Jonathan Cohen, best known by his signature tag, “Meres One.” His goal is to convert the five-story, block-long industrial complex at Jackson Avenue and Davis Street, formerly the Phun Phactory, into a graffiti art museum.
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  • Winsor Tower, 5 Tudor City Pl, Murray Hill, Manhattan, NY, 10022, 40.74821,-73.970824, Tudor City, Manhattan: A mid-rise apartment building topped with terrace gardens detailed with Tudor style flourishes.
  • The 230 5th Rooftop Bar in the Flatiron District of Manhattan, running the length of a block of West 27th Street, between Broadway and 5th Avenue.
  • 230 Fifth Ave, Chelsea, Manhattan, NY, 10010, 40.744036,-73.987959
  • 6775 Metropolitan Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, 11211, 40.717341,-73.963877, Williamsburg, Brooklyn Heights: Another rooftop mystery.
  • The Alden, 225 Central Park West, Upper West Side, New York, NY, 10024, 40.783074,-73.971175
  • Different uses and aesthetics of green roofs in the Flatiron District of Manhattan. The roof of Staples, Inc., is covered in a thin layer of soil low-maintenance plants, in contrast to the decorative social spaces across Avenue of the Americas, and of the adjacent O'Neill Building.
  • 519 8th St, Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY, 11215, 40.666137,-73.977924
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  • The New Yorker, 481 8th Avenue, New York, NY, 10001, 40.752743,-73.99347, Times Square, Manhattan: The New Yorker building with stepped terraces.
  • 322 3rd Ave, Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY, 11215, 40.676431,-73.988516, Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn: Graffiti on the rooftop and parapet walls suggests open access to a dilapidated vine-covered building.
  • Trees growing on the roof of the abandoned Packard Automotive Plant in Detroit, MI. Opened in 1903, the plant shut down in 1952, but other companies operated on the premises through the 1990's, with the last remaining tenant, Chemical Processing, leaving in 2010.
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  • 375 Lafayette St, East Village, New York, NY, 10012, 40.727458,-73.993221
  • Roof deck surrounded by white roofs in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan. White Roofs reflect up to 90% of sunlight, which would otherwise be turned into convective heat energy if absorbed by a black roof, reducing the Urban Heat Island effect.
  • 12 E 12th St, East Village, Manhattan, NY, 10003, 40.734066,-73.993769, LOCATION: Contiguous apartment buildings with different rooftop build-outs. Wood decking and tiles are used to protect the roof's waterproof membrane. No such protection appears on the white roof in the back.
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  • Founded in 2010 and growing 50,000 lbs of produce a year, the Brooklyn Grange operates the world's largest rooftop soil farms, located on two New York rooftops in Brooklyn and Queens.
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  • Ledge Kitchen & Drinks - Dorchester Restaurant with rooftop garden now closed
  • Roof gardens used for multiple purposes in Little Italy in Manhattan
  • 551 3rd St, Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY, 11215, 40.669628,-73.976714, Brooklyn: Small decks still provide fresh air and sun to city-dwellers.
  • Greenpoint, Brooklyn: Urban agriculture displayed at Eagle Rooftop Farm in Brooklyn.
  • Roof gardens across and adjacent to the Guggenheim Museum, 5 E 88th St, Upper East Side, Manhattan, NY, 10128, 40.782687,-73.958812
  • 77 Water Street, Financial District, Manhattan: Model airplane permanently landed on green landing strip is a distraction from the rooftop mechanical units.
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  • Gotham Greens Farms, LLC, 810 Humboldt St, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY 40.729645,-73.945783, Greenpoint, Brooklyn: Hydroponic gardens flanked by solar panels on the Greenpoint Food Exchange.
  • The Museum of Modern Art‎. Meant to be seen only from above, artificial materials and pebbles make up the camouflage pattern on the roof at the Museum of Modern Art. Landscape architect: Ken Smith
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