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Finally: A Drone Farewell to 5Pointz, NYC's Whitewashed Graffiti Mecca

Can we all move on now?

You might remember Team BlackSheep for shooting such gorgeous drone videosas the sinking of Venice and the wreckage of the Costa Concordia. (That's when they weren't harrassing French cops.) Well, they're back: With New York City 2, the guerilla R/C daredevils return to the city to score rich-adjective-worthy aerial views and generally fly amok in legal grey areas like pigs in shit.

It's a lot of what you'd expect by now—bridges, the ferry, and (of course) the Statue of Liberty. And that's all well and good. But the standout has to be a flyover of 5Pointz, Queens' beloved graffiti Mecca that was recently whitewashed for an impending tear-down. It goes without saying that it takes some serious stones to do this sort of thing, not least because a small slip up could very well ground other friendly droners. Reddit user damontoo writes that, "As someone who loves this hobby, I hope they're [Team BlackSheep] arrested before they injure someone. Otherwise we're all screwed."

Anyway, let this be the final send-off to the controversial street art project. 5Pointz, drink it in.

OK, can we all move on now?

@thebanderson