In 2012, Walls Street made 5.0 percent of the citys. StreetArt NYC serves as a showcase for the continually evolving spectrum of ephemeral artwork found on the streets of New York City.Īn iPhone App with a location map and bios of all street artists at work on NYC's streets - powered by Geo Street Art - is updated regularly. Her superstar status led to city authorities announcing that she would stay at the site until 2018. It is the only New York City borough with most of the land being on the mainland United States. Yet its greatest impact remains on the streets, where it was born, with New York City’s walls serving as a canvas not only for local artists but for artists who travel here from across the globe. Nearly 70 percent of households rent their homes, many of which are rent. Its economy is the largest in New York State and among the largest in the world. In its scope and influence, today’s street art is unsurpassed as a modern phenomenon, having made its way into first-rate galleries and museums. Explore the future of New York City Join Citizen’s Climate Lobby and City Atlas as we trace the outlines of future sea level downtown, using Climate. Comprising the five boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island, New York City has a population of around 8.6 million that is ethnically and culturally diverse. With raw talent, fearless energy and spray cans in hand, the first modern graffiti artists transformed their urban landscape into a mesmerizing, free, always-open museum, paving the way to today’s modern street art movement. In the late 1970’s a new art movement emerged in the most unlikely place – the gritty streets and subway trains of New York City’s most forsaken borough, the Bronx.