Street Artist Olek Hits Astor Place in New York City

Hey ya'll,

After working with Olek on a PBS Off Book episode, she asked me if I would shoot an upcoming project. Once she told me what it was, I said sure! Then she told me she would be doing the work at 4:30am. :)

It's 8:52am right now in New York as I write this, and I shot the video from 4:30am to around 4:50am. Rapid turnaround, early and often. I hope you enjoy seeing Olek and her crew at work, and if you know New York, you'll get a kick out of seeing the "Astor Place Cube" all dressed up.

Oh, and if you look closely, you'll see that the sentence crocheted onto the covering is: "I'm still proud of what I do for a living".

-Eric Brown

Music: EncoreWat by VLOOPER (http://vlooper.bandcamp.com/)

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[prdood01]

Should help dampen noise, and keep the cube warm for the winter.

[TheAgy09]

I have been crocheting for 39 yrs and I am so impressed with Ms Olek, cried through the whole darn thing!! Thank you!!

[TimLenhartTech]

Wow, why vandalize the structure like that? I'm surprised she didn't get sued by the city for the time it took for the police to take that down.

[MathUhhhSaurus]

Olek is amazing!

[dar482]

Is it still there? I haven't been to Astori in a few weeks.

[DJAFRICA81]

Very very cool

[redevil3180]

- putting a top hat on lincoln isn't QUITE the same mate, YOU JUST DON'T HAVE AN EYE FOR STREET ART

[mjsand87]

this was really dumb. im going to go put a top hat on the lincoln memorial and call it art.



[reza iman]

great track

[setlasmon]

so amazing! she is the best.

who knows why they took it down. im sure the fuzz is all extra uppity with the occupy wall street stuff going on... "gentlemen... we cannot have this yarn bombing go unchecked!"

feck em!

[Brian Shevlin]

Amazing work again Olek. My favorite yet. I got some nice pics from my cell phone around 6am