Archive for November, 2005
NY Times Explores Shoes On Powerlines Phenomenon
The New York Times took at look at the shoes on powerlines phenomenon on November 15th (hat tip to Joe, commenting at tim.lauer.name ). South Bronx Shoes on Powerlines A few observations and quotes: Some of them said they did it to claim the neighborhood as their own, to represent, one young man said, “the [...]
Published by admin on November 21st, 2005 tagged Shoefiti in the Press | Comment now »
Shoefiti Strikes Stillwater, Minnesota
We’re received a tip that shoefiti has struck beautiful downtown Stillwater, Minnesota. A popular tourist destination, chock full of antique stores and wine bars, visitors may now be distracted by the shoes dangling from the power lines on 2nd Street South. Developing . . .
Published by admin on November 20th, 2005 tagged Shoe Sightings | Comment now »
Boots and Flag on Power Line. A memorial?
I’m stepping aside from the shoes on a wire issue for a minute to look at shoefiti’s cousin Boots on a Wire. In this case, boot hanging on a wire next to an American flag: A memorial? This photo comes from Xenia McDermott of the Bronx, New York City. She doesn’t offer any theories on [...]
Published by admin on November 20th, 2005 tagged Shoe Sightings | Comment now »
More Adelaide, Australia Shoes on Wires
Another report from Adelaide, Australia. This time coming from a blogger named Froggie: Something SO crap“I dont know if this applies to America or whereva but in Australia every power line you look at, there is bound to be a pair of shoes hanging from it!!”
Published by admin on November 15th, 2005 tagged Shoe Sightings | Comment now »
Shoes on Powerlines = Odds and Ends?
Is tracking shoes hanging on power lines an odd thing? According to the good people at Google Maps Mania who were kind enough to mention Shoefiti.com in a blog post yesterday, it is. Or maybe it’s just beyond categorization? Shoefiti is not a typical mashup involving the graphical (Google map) display of information from another [...]
Published by admin on November 14th, 2005 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | Comment now »
Toronto’s Shoes on Wires for Shoeless?
Torontoist reports that the shoe abandonment problem situation in her fair city appears to be getting worse: Shoes for the Homeless? Not without a ladder. One new theory emerges from the apparently “trend forward” Toronto fashion scene: “Or are Torontonians just such slaves to fashion that we can’t bear to wear a pair of shoes [...]
Published by admin on November 12th, 2005 tagged Shoe Sightings | Comment now »
Drips + Shoes in Milwaukee. What’s up with that?
OnMilwaukee.com is reporting a rash of shoefiti in the form of a shoe ties to a sign reading “DRIPS”: Shoe + DRIPS = ? Is this a form of guerrila marketing, or the work of a shoefiti vandal? Is there a difference? See some theories in the comments section at OnMilwaukee.com.
Published by admin on November 12th, 2005 tagged Shoe Sightings | Comment now »
Kids have great shoes on power lines theories
Pat Cashman of the King County Journal took a shot at getting to the bottom of the shoes on power lines mystery by quizzing neighborhood kids in exchange for Mountain Dew and Pop Tarts: kingcountyjournal.com – The mystery of the hanging tennis shoes: “ * “My dad says that Nordstrom puts them there so people [...]
Published by admin on November 10th, 2005 tagged General | Comment now »
Shoe Tossing or Shoe Flinging: Which is it?
Wikipedia.org currently has two pages related to shoefiti: Shoe Flinging and Shoe Tossing. As of this writing, I think Shoe Tossing’s definition is closer to the meaning of shoefiti than the information included under Shoe Flinging, with one large exception. A contributor to wikipedia has added a link to shoefiti.com to the external links on [...]
Published by admin on November 8th, 2005 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | Comment now »
Shoes on Telephone Wire – Big Fish Inspired
Nicole of Moonwater Designs has blogged about shoes hanging from the telephone line behind her apartment in Fort Collins, Colorado: Lots of shoes on that line. Her inspiration for taking the photo appears to be the movie Big Fish by Tim Burton. Has anyone seen the movie? What role to hanging shoes play in that [...]