{"id":605222,"date":"2026-04-25T07:51:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T07:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/605222\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T07:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T07:51:17","slug":"stiks-liberty-mural-will-remain-on-9th-street-and-avenue-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/605222\/","title":{"rendered":"STIK\u2019s ‘Liberty’ mural will remain on 9th Street and Avenue A"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy\u00a0<\/p>\n

Workers have been painting the building at the southwest corner of Ninth Street and Avenue A, prompting concern about the “Liberty” mural’s fate.<\/p>\n

A member of the building’s management team, on-site yesterday, said the north-facing mural by UK street artist STIK<\/a> was likely to remain. The rep contacted us later to confirm the news.<\/p>\n

The rep also admitted that the landlord was surprised by the outpouring of support on social media for the 13-year-old, four-floor-tall artwork.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The importance to the community is what did it,” the rep said. “We will paint around it in some form.”<\/p>\n

In an Instagram Story, STIK also confirmed the news that the mural would be spared from the paint-over… and thanked everyone who spoke out about it.<\/p>\n

The piece arrived in September 2013<\/a>, a gift from the now-closed Dorian Grey Gallery on Ninth Street, and was meant to honor the history of Tompkins Square Park.<\/p>\n

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The rep said the building has been in contact with the artist and had been “exploring options,” adding: “We’re doing our best to speak to the community and we’re taking into consideration the neighborhood.”<\/p>\n

He also noted that the building is in disrepair, pointing to recently refreshed details: “You can see how nice and sharp the cornices look now.”<\/p>\n

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As previously reported, in December 2022, entities tied to landlord Nuchem Obstfeld purchased a five-building East Village portfolio for $29 million, including 413, 438 and 440 E. Ninth St., as well as 141 and 153 Avenue A.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chico’s long-standing Doc Holliday’s mural was not part of the building painting project, the rep said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy\u00a0 Workers have been painting the building at the southwest corner of Ninth…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":{"0":"post-605222","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}