From a Brooklyn neighborhood paper - a different kind of guerrilla art - a "traffic-stopper" piece of cinderblocks, put at a major intersection to slow traffic and further public protest at traffic hazards in a newly developed streetcorner. Visually the work is fairly well devoid of aesthetic merit, but as a work of communication and commitment, it works extremely well indeed. For details, read the story at The Brooklyn Paper: Roadblock slows down Red Hookers.

The work was removed by authorities after being in place 12 hours, but it made its point. Said one resident: "Traffic has become so bad here, and nobody pays attention. They wanted to see if anybody would even bother to take it away."

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