Shoefiti – The Band
Did you know that there is a band called SHOEFITI? (also on Facebook). They’re based in Paris. Check em out.
Published by admin on August 12th, 2010 tagged General | Comment now »
Shoefiti: A Sign of Neighbourhood Eccentricity?
Kat Baybrooke at Beyond Robson took a look around her new Vancouver neighbourhood and determined that it was eccentric; partly based on the presence of shoes hanging from powerlines.
And I found that there was actually a lot going on. Children played on handmade, wooden swings and slides that had been deliberately left in ‘common areas’ of the sidewalk. Shoes hung from their own laces on electrical wires. Students blasted 90’s jamz and gangsta rap from their backyards while gardening together. Colourful shrines for various deities stood proudly in front yards and merry-go-round horses were affixed in gardens and on roofs.
Eccentricity, as defined by shoefiti presence, may be appealing to some. What’s your take?
Published by admin on June 11th, 2010 tagged Shoe Sightings | Comment now »
Shoefiti Strikes Vancouver, BC, Canada
Shoes hang from a powerline over Seymour street in downtown Vancouver. Some of North America’s most expensive real estate sits in the background only blocks away.
Published by admin on May 10th, 2010 tagged General | Comment now »
How Shoefiti Influences Home Buying: Zillow.com
A home buyer posing a question on Zillow’s Real Estate Advice boards asks what can be done now that they’ve purchased a home only to find out that it’s next door to a drug house:
We bought a home in Bay Area. CA last May. Police came to our neighbors home last month and arrested a few people for possession of drugs and under the influence of drugs. According to my other neighbors this was not the first time they were arrested. There was nothing in the seller disclosure about these drug dealers next door. What can we do about it. The sellers are in east coast.
One respondent points out in the answers that home buyers should be on the lookout for shoefiti (among other things) when considering neighborhoods for home purchases:
9) Shoes hanging on power and telephone lines. Yes, just a “prank”; but too much of that indicates the neighbors don’t care, and it is a “seller” location indication. You can modify a pruning cutter to be able to cut the shoe laces to remove such items, and tell the neighbors as you are doing it that you are removing the shoe-cams to replace the batteries. After a while, they will start believing there actually are cameras watching the illegal activity in the middle of the street.
What do you think? Does shoefiti influence property values? It seems like signs that make people think drugs are being sold in the area wouldn’t have a positive influence on prices, unless drug buyers are looking to relocate.
Published by admin on May 8th, 2010 tagged Shoefiti Theories | 1 Comment »
Shoefiti Strikes Grand Rapids, Michigan
A pair of Puma sneakers swing from a powerline on a clear day in Grand Rapids, Michigan on May 05, 2010.
Published by admin on May 6th, 2010 tagged General | Comment now »
Shoefiti Strikes Barcelona, Spain
Shoes hang above a Barcelona street in this photo from T6 Photo. For more shots from T6, visit t6pksphoto.com.
Published by admin on May 5th, 2010 tagged General | Comment now »
Shoefiti in the Book “Miracle Boy”
A book review of the book Miracle Boy at Emerging Writers notes the symbolism of shoes hanging from a powerline:
I thought the key turning point in the story was when Lizard’s focus shifts from his own discomfort seeing the shoes dangling from the wire to wondering how Miracle Boy felt about the shoes:
He figured everybody in the school saw those shoes. Everybody knew whose shoes those were. Lizard figured that Miracle Boy must see them every day on his way home. He wondered what Miracle Boy thought about that, his shoes hung up in the wires, on display like some kind of trophy…he wondered if Miracle Boy ever worried about those shoes. He took up watching Miracle Boy in school for signs of worry. (p. 5)
Published by admin on May 5th, 2010 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | Comment now »
Where Shoefiti Meets Graffiti
Shoefiti meets Graffiti in Northeast Minneapolis where a pair of spray paint cans have been tied together and tossed over a powerline.
Published by admin on May 4th, 2010 tagged Shoe Sightings | 1 Comment »
Shoefiti Strikes Toronto, ON, Canada
Kensington Market in Toronto has been hit with shoefiti hanging below ominous clouds.
Published by admin on May 1st, 2010 tagged General | Comment now »
Shoefiti Strikes Vancouver, BC Canada
A pair of blue and red shoes dangle from a powerline in Vancouver. Could this be a remnant of Olympic revelry?