Leave Your Sticker Tag on a Graffiti Christmas Tree in NYC

Become a paid member to listen to this article Spray paint cans are the latest unconventional objects in New York City to be arranged in the form of a Christmas tree. Standing in Freeman Alley at the UNTITLED Hotel on the Lower East Side, this graffiti-themed tree is made entirely of spray paint cans sourced from artists within the LES community and supplies from the iconic All City Legends art shop in Harlem. The festive display honors the creators who have made the alley a new street art hotspot. Walking down Freeman Alley is like walking through a hidden art gallery. The building walls on either side are covered in colorful street art and wheat pastings. Jimmy Wright, an artist who lives in a 19th-century stable on Freeman Alley, told WNYC that there has been street art there since the 1980s, but the proliferation of art really took off during the Black Lives Matter protests. The entrance to 3 Freeman Alley as seen on a recent Secrets of the Bowery Tour The alley runs about halfway through the block between Rivington and Stanton Streets, parallel to Bowery and Chrystie Street. It opens at Rivington and dead-ends at Freeman’s Restaurant which...