Someone out there was engaged in an anonymous, passive-aggressive protest that really amounted to strategic littering on a New York street. The residents subverted the protest and brought their community together around it. It’s still littering though, I guess, but at least it’s pretty now and community-approved: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/love-cross-nyc_us_58ff5447e4b0b6f6014ac24e?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
I had no idea there was a Gay Street in New York til I read this article. They did beautify it though.