By JUDITH JOFFE-BLOCK With baggy clothes and a can of spray paint in hand, Eli Lippert, 19, could be mistaken for one of the taggers that plague the 24th Street corridor after hours. But on a recent Tuesday night, the Precita Eyes Mural Arts Center instructor was putting the final touches on the neighborhood’s latest weapon against taggers who scrawl...
By NOAH BUHAYAR From his post behind the espresso machine at Dynamo Donuts on 24th Street, Chris Shively meets a skeptic every day. The handmade treats sold here—“Spice Chocolate,” “Vanilla Bean” and “Maple-glaze Bacon Apple” (yes, a donut topped with meat)—cost between $2.00 and $3.00 apiece. Grocery-store sugary rounds packaged by the dozen, they are not. But even the most...
