Archive for March, 2007
Shoefiti Strikes Houston, Texas
A Houston, Texas photographer captures a photo of Shoefiti and correlates it will low income inner city neighborhoods: Shoefiti « xnomad photography There are quite a few shoes flung in the innner loop neighborhoods. They are usually in low income regions of these inner city neighborhoods. Does shoefiti have the potential to effect property values?
Published by admin on March 12th, 2007 tagged Shoe Sightings | Comment now »
Shoefiti Strikes Costa Rica
A visitor to Puntarenas, Costa Rica has been noticing shoes on the power lines and associates it with drug dealing: Mis aventuras en Costa Rica: Another Block of Randomness Ok, so the only other stray thought that I’ve had in the past week: Shoes on power lines. Yeah, I’ve seen about three pairs of shoes [...]
Published by admin on March 11th, 2007 tagged Shoe Sightings | Comment now »
Shoefiti as a Memorial in Argentina
Shoefiti has been used to memorialize the victims of a night club fire in Argentina: Andale Katie!: nueva entrada last friday afternoon, we went on a trip with my spanish class to a memorial. Two years ago, there was a night club called Cromagnon that burnt down. The situation seemed similar to that of what [...]
Published by admin on March 10th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Mentions, Shoefiti Theories | Comment now »
Is Shoefiti Romantic?
A blogger finds shoefiti romantic as she walks around town: the 509 fakeout: When did I write this? Three days ago? “We haven’t really had enough time together yet for you to see this, but I’m especially romantic about the city. I’m in love with every pair of shoes hanging from phone lines and every [...]
Published by admin on March 9th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | Comment now »
Shoefiti Strikes Honolulu, Hawaii
Apparently, shoefiti correlates with magic shops in Honolulu. Who knew? The Daily Dish – The little magic shop on Auld Lane It’s a quiet lane in Palama, one with shoes hanging from power lines and kids ride around on bicycles. But if you slow down, you might find it. Zuke’s Magic & Jokes.
Published by admin on March 8th, 2007 tagged Shoe Sightings, Shoefiti in the Press | Comment now »
Shoefiti Strikes Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Shoefiti’s Mexican vacation spot correspondent captured this photo of shoefiti in Puerto Vallarta:
Published by admin on March 7th, 2007 tagged Shoe Sightings | Comment now »
Flaming Shoefiti in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
A Winnipeg teacher finds out how Shoefiti ended up on a wire from his students: Not not funny: Burning Rubber I told some of my grade 9′s about it and their explanation was that ‘someone’ set the shoes on fire then threw them up onto the wires. Nice. What is the protocol in case of [...]
Published by admin on March 6th, 2007 tagged Shoe Sightings, Shoefiti Theories | Comment now »
Shoefiti in the Press: Lawrence, Kansas
Shoefiti.com received some press coverage in the Lawrence Journal-World: Laces wild | LJWorld.com That’s the same question Ed Kohler’s been pondering seriously for three years. After he bought his first home in Minneapolis in 2004, he started noticing that a lot of shoes seemed to be popping up on power lines in his neighborhood. Long [...]
Published by admin on March 5th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti in the Press | Comment now »
Shoefiti Tied to Anarchy in Copenhagen?
A blogger in Copenhagen, Denmark, takes inventory of the damage done by anarchists in a recent riot. Among his finds: shoefiti in a tree near the riot scene: Shoes dangling from the branches of a tree…whattis that? Stink bombs?
Published by admin on March 5th, 2007 tagged Shoe Sightings, Shoes in Trees | Comment now »
Icy Shoefiti in Bloomington, IN
Kyle of Wordcitizen blogs about being transfixed by shoefiti in Bloomington, IN – a college town with a LOT of shoefiti: worldcitizen: I found myself staring at a pair of whit I found myself staring at a pair of white sneakers dangling over a power line on Wednesday. The shoes were covered in a layer [...]