{"id":359505,"date":"2011-04-01T23:02:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T23:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/01\/joss-stone-joss-stone-wants-to-save-graffiti-landmark\/"},"modified":"2011-04-01T23:02:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T23:02:00","slug":"joss-stone-joss-stone-wants-to-save-graffiti-landmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/joss-stone-joss-stone-wants-to-save-graffiti-landmark\/","title":{"rendered":"JOSS STONE &#8211; JOSS STONE WANTS TO SAVE GRAFFITI LANDMARK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"28\"><!--INFOLINKS_ON--><\/p>\n<p>British singer Joss Stone is battling to save an iconic U.S. graffiti mecca after the owner announced plans to demolish it.<\/p>\n<p>\nStreet artists from all over the world have travelled to the 5 Pointz building in Long Island City, New York to spray-paint colourful images on the former factory&#8217;s walls.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n The property has become a well-known landmark, and Stone shot the promo for her 2007 single Tell Me &#8216;Bout It there. She also recruited graffiti artist Jonathan &#8216;Meres&#8217; Cohen to cover her in body paint for the cover of her album Introducing&#8230; Joss Stone the same year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n Last month (Mar11), it emerged 5 Pointz&#8217;s owner Gerald Wolkoff is considering plans to demolish the building and replace it with a complex of high-rise apartment blocks &#8211; and Stone has now joined a campaign to save it.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n In a post on her Twitter.com blog, she has uploaded a link to an online petition against the development plans and writes, &#8220;Please check out this link and sign the petition to save 5 Pointz&#8230; This is where I did my Tell Me Bout It video. Meres one is the guy who painted my body for &#8216;Introducing&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--INFOLINKS_OFF--><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/224f048eetURLCookie.asp_92.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Continued here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.contactmusic.com\/news.nsf\/story\/joss-stone-wants-to-save-graffiti-landmark_1210795\" title=\"JOSS STONE - JOSS STONE WANTS TO SAVE GRAFFITI LANDMARK\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JOSS STONE &#8211; JOSS STONE WANTS TO SAVE GRAFFITI LANDMARK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> British singer Joss Stone is battling to save an iconic U.S. graffiti mecca after the owner announced plans to demolish it. 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