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Not art
I was first!
It is just very poor graffiti
It is just very poor graffiti
All graffiti should be photographed and available online.
All graffiti should be photographed and available online. The removal division of city government should be photographing what is removed beforehand. The photographs made available as public record.
Street Cred!
This could backfire and give people more of an incentive to tag things to get their work photo'd and displayed "officially" forever.
Anyway, doesn't the city already take photos so that when they catch one of these JDs they can also charge them with all the other tags that have been reported around the city?
Since when is the City
responsible for removing grafitti from private property?
Not responsible but
They will remove it with the permission of the property owner:
http://www.cityofboston.gov/propertymanagement/graffitibusters.asp
The app has a special category
You can report graffiti to the city, and it does tend to get covered/cleaned up rather quickly.
Um, no
First, it's most likely photographed and shared online already. Why? For the taggers to show off what they did. Why should the City provide an online art gallery for vandals?
My guess is that then the vandalism is reported to the authorities, they photograph so that another charge can be added if/when the perp is caught.
Photography. Graffiti.
Whatever the legal status of the artwork it should be photographed and an available public record. Preserve evidence.
You're missing my point
You are basically asking the BPD to create a website where graffiti vandals can direct friends to see their handiwork online.
Unless you are saying that evidence in a criminal probe should be subject to the Freedom of Information Act, which would still be insane, just not as insane, since there would be no expectation of a website dedicated to the vandalism.
Maybe instead of recess, our
Maybe instead of recess, our elementary school kids need classes teaching them how to draw better graffiti.
Chalk at recess
Sidewalk chalk at recess would cover both.
West Roxbury too
I saw the same tag tonight in West Roxbury. A utility vent at the corner of Weld St and the West Roxbury Parkway was tagged .
Abstract and Random Question
Does anybody know why "taggers" have completely devolved the alphabet into strings of letters that look like loops of lower intestine?
Nothing new
Most likely based on New York subway car tagging from the 1970s. At least those folk would color in the letters, make them look nice. It's letters as art.
In general, I see defacement of other's property as the crime it is, but some graffiti is at least well done. This is the lazy narcissism that is too common..