Archive for October, 2005
Trigger Magazine Interviews Airborne Kicks Throwers / Manufacturers
Trigger Magazine interviewed the folks behind When Dogs Fly, a group that creates custom shoes to throw over power lines. Example of When Dogs Fly’s Shoes You may be wondering, “Those don’t look like normal shoes.” Correct. Here’s the explanation: No pair is typical. The manufacturing of hand crafted wooden dogs is a selective process. [...]
Published by admin on October 20th, 2005 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | Comment now »
Los Angeles Addresses Shoefiti Through Teamwork LA
Los Angeles’ Mayor Richard Hahn decided to deal with blight as part of a larger initiative to clean up the city. Shoes hanging from power lines were identified as one of the things contributing to blight in some neighborhoodsd, so ended up being addressed by Teamwork LA. Click here to watch a video (2 minutes [...]
Published by admin on October 17th, 2005 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | Comment now »
Shoefiti Spotted in Toronto
A blogger named smirecki (Sebastian Mirecki ) has documented shoes hanging from wires while out for a walk in Toronto: No mention of what he thinks they mean – if anything.
Published by admin on October 16th, 2005 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | Comment now »
More shoes Spotted in Australia
A forum in Australia is busy generating theories on what shoes on power lines mean. Connections with drug sales and the result of robberies have been floated once again. Another contributor mentions that they see shoes on powerlines in the slums. Sounds very similar to where they tend to hang in the States.
Published by admin on October 13th, 2005 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | Comment now »
Shoes Hanging over Syringes in Los Angeles
I haven’t spotted any syringes underneath shoes in Minneapolis yet, but I think it’s just a matter of time. This blogger from Los Angeles ran into this situation yesterday, and links to her take on what they mean: “I parked on the street this morning, then got out to see if the car was hanging [...]
Published by admin on October 11th, 2005 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | Comment now »
Shoefiti in Profile of DUMBO, NYC on Inman Stories
Is Shoefiti a bad thing? Not according to the residents of DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass ), New York City profiled in a video on InmanStories.com. Ya see, they happen to be musicians who managed to seek out affordable housing where their band could rehearse and perform, which certainly isn’t an easy thing [...]
Published by admin on October 9th, 2005 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | Comment now »
A Hooker’s Take on What Shoefiti Means
A hooker told me what shoefiti means yesterday. But first, here’s how I ended up in that conversation: I headed out to paint over some new graffiti that popped up on the railroad bridge wall along W River Road. One of my spotters told me the bridge had been hit over night, so I decided [...]
Published by admin on October 9th, 2005 tagged Shoefiti Theories | Comment now »
Shoefiti as a LiveJournal Icon? Why not?
kid_genious08 (not to be confused with the original or 1-7 ) has put in a request for a shoefiti icon for her LiveJournal profile. With a motto of “Take Life One Step at a Time” do the shoes from a powerline signify one swinging step?
Published by admin on October 7th, 2005 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | Comment now »
Shoes in Trees in Rhode Island
Shoes in trees seems to be a distant cousin of shoefiti. The motivation seems to generally have something to do with celebrating a graduation from college. Or, at least that’s where I’ve heard of shoe trees appearing. Here’s a painful way to discover a shoe tree coming from a Brown University student blogging as head_cheese: [...]
Published by admin on October 7th, 2005 tagged Shoes in Trees | Comment now »
More Shoes Hanging at Bossen Terrace
I first reported on September 16th about the shoes hanging from the powerlines at Bossen Terrace in the Wenonah Neighborhood of Minneapolis and the challenges that housing development faces. Unfortunately, the shoes that were hanging there last month are still there, and another pair has joined them on the wire in the alley. The community [...]