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Faile Piece Disappears
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Jen Carlson
Published Apr 25, 2009
Modified Apr 25, 2009
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Published Apr 25, 2009
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Photo on left by Luna Park, photo on right via AnimalNY
Well, this is unsurprising. The Faile prayer wheel bolted on to North 6th Street in Williamsburg has been uprooted by some enterprising art collector (eBay seller). AnimalNY reports that "Despite being bolted to the sidewalk, the carved wooden post with a spinning prayer wheel on top has disappeared after less than a week. While it’s not clear who removed the piece, the motivation for doing so is: their work fetches tens of thousands of dollars." Ah, the five finger bailout.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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