tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post5945835663922867814..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Graffiti Abatement: Murals target tagging hotspotsGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-36634947603636816542010-08-29T21:57:20.669-05:002010-08-29T21:57:20.669-05:00Our Park Department is looking to implement a graf...Our Park Department is looking to implement a graffiti wall/mural. Does anyone know of one? How was it put together with policies and maintenance?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-64549408152589253702010-08-20T06:35:59.677-05:002010-08-20T06:35:59.677-05:00People hung out there, then graffiti came and (oth...People hung out there, then graffiti came and (other) people hung out there--all this over a 15 yr interval. Dog bites man. <br /><br />On Forest Ln in Dallas there is a wall near WTWhite HS that has been a mural for almost as long as I can remember, and for 35 yrs graffiti free. I remember, barely, the wall before the mural was a graffiti magnet. More proof of your claim.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-19496856720355804222010-08-17T20:38:33.407-05:002010-08-17T20:38:33.407-05:00"In 2007, the graffiti abatement unit painted..."In 2007, the graffiti abatement unit painted over more than 16,000 pieces of graffiti in Austin.<br /><br />It's estimated that graffiti in Austin causes more than half-a-million dollars in damage every year."<br /><br />I think there's more to it than that. In the city where I used to live the citizens spent a large sum of their earnings on an attractive neighborhood park near where I lived. It was a place of tranquility, it served as an oasis and it was well used. That was fifteen years ago. <br /><br />When the neighborhood began to change slightly a group of kids tagged the place. Following this first tagging episode there was no response from city government. The city budget was tight. Use of the park dropped off and the kids apparently saw this lack of response as some sort of signal. Their next step was to vandalize and hack away at the artistic wooden and stone aspects of the structure. <br /><br />Even more people shunned the place and it became a hangout. The city finally responded and painted over the taggings and when they restored the structure they didn't bother with the artistic aspects but only restored it to a utilitarian looking place without any of the previous charm. The city (and the citizens) never did get out in front of the destroy/restore curve and the kids had their way. I drive by occasionally but I am no longer saddened by this new vision of a neighborhood park. I guess that's just the way thing go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-55019391045839499002010-08-13T14:08:59.699-05:002010-08-13T14:08:59.699-05:00True that! And FWIW, before the mural was there th...True that! And FWIW, before the mural was there the concrete embankment you're talking about was a perennial target.<br /><br />It doesn't stop it completely, but then neither does arresting people.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-9950619340291871832010-08-13T13:11:03.784-05:002010-08-13T13:11:03.784-05:00This actually worked well right out in front of yo...This actually worked well right out in front of your old high school alma mater for years.<br /><br />RageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com