NO FREE WALLS is an in-depth look at Brooklyn's changing landscape, through the eyes of Joseph Ficalora, the founder and inadvertent art curator of The Bushwick Collective. Joe, son of Italian immigrants, grew up in Bushwick, a neighborhood in Brooklyn once ravaged by drugs, neglect and violence.
He lost his mother to cancer as an adult and rather than going into deep depression, he decided to honor his parents and the neighborhood that raised him. He started contacting muralists from all over the world and 5 years later, Bushwick is one of the fastest growing gentrified neighborhoods in New York.
As advertisers and new residents flood Bushwick, longtime residents struggle to keep up with rising rents and changing landscape. Complex News Documentaries asks: Can a community thriving off its native creativity survive all the change? Will the spreading wave of gentrification whitewash the now world-renowned art and who is at fault?
Subscribe to Complex Originals on YouTube: https://goo.gl/43ac5w
Check out more of Complex here:
http://www.complex.com
Tweets by complexmag
https://www.facebook.com/complex
http://instagram.com/complexmag
https://plus.google.com/+complex/
COMPLEX is a community of creators and curators, armed with the Internet, committed to surfacing and sharing the voices and conversations that define our new America. Our videos exemplify convergence culture, exploring topics that include music, sneakers, style, sports and pop culture through original shows and Complex News segments. Featuring your favorite celebrities, authoritative commentary, and a unique voice, our videos make culture pop.
Its like you read my thoughts! You seem to understand a lot about this, like you wrote the ebook in it or something. I believe that you could do with some to pressure the message house a little bit, however instead of that, this is fantastic blog. An excellent read. I will certainly be back.
wonderful issues altogether, you just received a new reader. What might you suggest about your post that you simply made a few days in the past? Any sure?
It?¦s actually a nice and useful piece of information. I?¦m glad that you just shared this helpful information with us. Please stay us up to date like this. Thank you for sharing.
You made some decent factors there. I regarded on the internet for the problem and found most individuals will go along with with your website.
I think other website proprietors should take this website as an example , very clean and superb user pleasant style and design.
Hey! Someone in my Myspace group shared this site with us so I came to give it a look. I’m definitely enjoying the information. I’m bookmarking and will be tweeting this to my followers! Exceptional blog and amazing design and style.
I very thankful to find this website on bing, just what I was looking for : D too saved to bookmarks.
Yay google is my world beater helped me to find this outstanding web site! .
Great blog! I am loving it!! Will come back again. I am bookmarking your feeds also.
Perfect piece of work you have done, this site is really cool with superb information.