Ah, the Mifflin St. Co-op. The neighborhood no longer willing and/or able to sustain it as a business, it closed its doors a couple of years ago. The spectacular mural on its Mifflin-facing wall, however, remains relatively unchanged, and I hope it stays that way.The problem arises when [graffiti] is without permission and has defaced businesses," she said. "There are a number of small businesses that are running on a very tight margin as is, and when they have to stop what they're doing to go out and undo the damage that somebody randomly inflicted on them, it's detrimental to the business owner and it doesn't reflect well on the neighborhood."I've heard about that ordinance before, and honestly it strikes me as a silly and potential harmful way of dealing with the problem of tagging. Forcing the business owners--the "victims" in the case--to pony up money (this in addition to any cleaning costs) should they take a bit too long in cleaning it, seems ridiculous. And it can't help foster much in the way of a potential positive relationship between businesses and more legitimate street artists. Isn't there another way to deal with this? I mean, I'm not fan of tagging, and hardly consider it "art" on par with the type of stuff I post here, but this doesn't seem like the right solution. What do you think?Thurber added that there is a city ordinance that forces business owners to remove graffiti in a timely fashion, or they can be issued a citation on top of the cost of removing the graffiti.
Sender-inner Jesse spotted this lovely piece near the dumpsters by Amy's Cafe and emailed it to yours truly via some sort of fancy cellular technology. The kids and their gadgets these days--I can't keep up! But street art, ah yes, that still makes sense to me.
Another couple of submissions from David D. (thanks!) here - some interesting stencils. This first one is apparently on the Murray St. underpass, and the second is somewhere in the Langdon St. area. I'm not sure who the guy in the second one is, though, so if you recognize him as some celebrity I ought to know, please holler. And as for "Life I love you all is groovy" - I have no idea, but I tend to agree.
That's not Hunter S. Thompson, is it?
Nicole P. sends in this positively fierce submission, showcasing the always imposing form of Mr. T on what looks to be the side of a utility box of some sort (on Midvale Blvd). We're pretty sure this particular one has since been scraped off, but others have been sighted around town. Long live Mr. T!
True or not, the happy tree would like you to think positively about the coming eco-apocalypse!
Or maybe it just hasn't realized what its own fate would be in such a scenario. Uplifting! Thanks to Dave D. and Emily S. for sending these in. The first can be found in the Langdon St. area and the tree is somewhere on Donna Dr. in Middleton.
Downtown on the capitol square: two free, local newspaper stands and two, I can only assume local and free to look at stickers. Interesting choice of placement for the CCTV one--I can only hope that the Onion doesn't make a habit of tracking my movements. But then, the commentary that accompanied the surveillance might almost make it worth it.
Yesterday evening, finding myself without other plans, I decided to sling the ol' camera over my shoulder and take a stroll down our city's venerable pedestrian thoroughfare: State Street. Even without the students back in full force, which they most certainly are now, it's a place where you're pretty much guaranteed to see something of interest, and tonight did not disappoint.
owe it to yourself to follow that link and find out). Then, in perfect contrast, I discovered a group of SCA folk sword fighting down on the other end at Library Mall. Seriously, it doesn't get a lot more State Street than that.
they're going in. I'm hoping that the lack of street art in the area, though, will be short-lived as the construction projects finish and students filter back in for the semester. In the meantime, the rat keeps watch.
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