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.

Saturday, February 24, 2007

Graffiti production

Graffiti on CVS
CVS Drug Store, 12th Street NE, Brookland (before)

From "Lynnwood Police arrest nine youths in connection with graffiti," in the Seattle Times:

Lynnwood Police have been cracking down on an epidemic of graffiti "tagging" throughout the city and announced Friday that they have arrested nine youths since mid-December... The youths, who range in age from 10 to 16, are members of two tagging crews responsible for a portion of the city's graffiti, said Brooks. The boys live in various South Snohomish County communities, he said, and their tagging activities were not limited to Lynnwood...

Tagging crews are not gangs, Brooks said, and their criminal activities generally are limited to graffiti. They typically mark property with their nickname, plus the initials of their crew. "Most of the taggers do it for the purpose of fame and recognition," he said.
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Crews "executed" the recent flight of graffiti on 12th Street NE.
CVS (Newton Theater), Brookland
CVS Drug Store, 12th Street NE, Brookland (before)
Cleaning the graffiti from Newton Food Market, 3600 12th Street NE
Cleaning graffiti at the Newton Food Market, Brookland.

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