William Copley (artist) occurring in America when he returned to New York in the 1960s. Artists like Andy Warhol, Christo, Roy Lichtenstein and many others were frequent visitors at Copley's studio on Lower Broadway. Copley believed that pop art had always interested him, claiming American pop art had much to do with "self-disgust" and "satire." In 1967, after a divorce with his second wife, Noma, Copley and new friend Dmitri Petrov decided to publish portfolios of 20th-century artist collaborations with the abbreviation SMS (for "Shit Must Stop"). Copley's Upper West Side loft became a meeting place for performers, artists, curators, and composers to
Gates-North Gates, New York Gates-North Gates, New York Gates-North Gates was a census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Gates, in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 15,138 at the 2000 census. For the 2010 census, the CDP was split into two separate ones, Gates (pop. 4,910) and North Gates (pop. 9,512). Gates-North Gates was located at (43.166295, -77.698275). According to the 2000 United States Census, the CDP had a total area of , of which was land and , or 0.87%, was water. As of the census of 2000, there were 15,138 people, 6,202 households, and 4,142 families residing in