Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

"A community’s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic." [Katz, EPA] This blog focuses on place and placemaking and all that makes it work--historic preservation, urban design, transportation, asset-based community development, arts & cultural development, commercial district revitalization, tourism & destination development, and quality of life advocacy--along with doses of civic engagement and good governance watchdogging.

Friday, January 26, 2007

Why I really hate graffiti

I'm starting a new job, and one of the things that I have to deal with is the Wednesday night tagging of 12 buildings on Brookland's 12th Street NE commercial corridor.

It's not art, merely vandalism. And I will end up spending most of today dealing with it, and not dealing with all the other things I was supposed to address.
Graffiti on Yes! Organic Market, front (west elevation)
Newly opened Yes! Market, 8,000 square feet.
Graffiti on Yes! Organic Market, front (north elevation)
Graffiti on CVS
CVS, formerly the Newton Theater, entered on to the DC Inventory of Historic Sites in April, 2006. Great art deco detailing including the brick.

Graffiti on Newton Food Market
Newton Food Market

Graffiti on the Nail Salon
Across from Newton Food Market. Ironically, I've always thought this wall is a great opportunity for a mural.

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