Banksy Gets Drilled

MELROSEandFAIRFAX went and snapped our own exclusive shots of the holes drilled around Banksy's Charlie Brown piece on Sunset.

There are holes and cuts made as if to remove a chunk from the building. Click the jump below for more

These marks were made by some serious industrial tools. You can see the deep indentions which might be preparation to have a bigger section of the wall removed.

After we had snapped shots, a friend called and asked if we had noticed the saw marks on the right side. We did see a pile of dust and mortar on the ground, but we didn't notice the saw marks at the time. It seems that maybe some has already tried cutting it out, but it didn't work.

As of an 11:45 this was still up and visible. Who knows how long it will last. Hurry over to Sunset and La Cienega if you want to see this Banksy piece in person!

He's Baaaack! Banksy's Charlie Brown is Uncovered

Apparently, the masses have spoken.

A day after being covered up with plywood, the covering has been ripped down, and Banksy's Charlie Brown is once again viewable to the public.

Stay tuned to MELROSEandFAIRFAX for the latest Banksy news and exclusives, and click the jump below for more, and new pics with cool new angles.

We don't know how long the re-exposed Charlie will last, so hurry on over if you want to see this piece in person!

***Thanks to Aaron Fortin for the pictures. Great shots with not yet seen angles of the piece. If you like what you see you can follow Aaron on Twitter NOTE: These pics were taken yesterday just before the piece was boarded up. We don't yet have pics of the re-revealed piece, and if someone would like to send some in we will use them.***

Banksy Boarded Up -Charlie Brown Gone

The new piece of Charlie Brown street art by Banksy has been boarded up, and reportedly holes have been drilled in the side of the building around the piece, for preparation to have it removed.

We got some action shots from our friends at Hieronymus of the boarding up going down.

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Banksy is no fool. It did seem like the Jeff Koons balloon piece on La Brea last year was placed in that spot in order to be removed.

Since this entire building has burnt out and been gutted by fire, it seems like maybe this is a similar situation, and the piece might have been placed at this spot so that it could be removed.

Wonder what the reader's thoughts are on this?




***Thanks Heironymus!***