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Beard Street bunker fuels Red Hook artist Coffin’s solitary work
Red Hook artist Michael Coffin, 30, spent years in a World War II bunker on Beard Street crafting a sprawling project titled Alone, I Write. He emerged pale and unsettled after a seizure scare near Ikea, then distributed his work on fences, sidewalks, and cars while eschewing galleries for a street theater of creation.
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