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Citizen complaint of the day: Not Art really not art now

By adamg on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 9:39am
Remains of a light pole with modified NOT ART stencil

A concerned citizen filed a 311 complaint about the graffiti on the remains of a light pole at Rutherford Avenue and Essex Street in Charlestown, thoughtfully circling the offending graffiti to make it easier to find, although without any indication whether the objection is to the original "NOT ART" stencil, the additions that make it somehow even worse, if possibly funnier, or both.

Neighborhoods: 
Charlestown
Free tagging: 
311
graffiti
Rutherford Avenue


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Comments

By Luke Warmer on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 9:56am.

guy is the reason media like "die hipster' exists.

not that I condone violent ideations toward hipsters.

By Scratchie on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 11:24am.

Show me on the doll where the "Not Art" tag hurt you.

By anon on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 2:01pm.

Snot Fart.

By Delorean on Fri, 03/22/2024 - 1:42pm.

Die hipster itself died in… [checks notes] 2013.

“Not art guy is the reason media like "die hipster' → existed ← “

https://www.brooklynpaper.com/die-hipster-is-dead/

By anon on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:20am.

Reminds me of the days when there was not one single "no passing through" sign anywhere on the T that didn't have the "p" and the "th" scratched out. Not one single one on any line.This type of thing amused some immature souls.

By xyz on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 8:14pm.

Not to mention the "ASS STANCE" callboxes in T stations. I once did see one with the "I". Once.

By nadnerb on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:50am.

I haven't lived in Boston in over a decade but I'm glad to see the people there are still joyless grinds!

By enigmue on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 11:19am.

Both links send you to to Maps, I was expecting the first to link directly to the complaint

By adamg on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 3:09pm.

Link fixed.

By Anon on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 11:46am.

So the rusted broken bottom of the light pole is fine with the complainant, it wasn’t until somebody painted words on it that they started to get disgusted.

By Bob Leponge on Fri, 03/22/2024 - 1:35am.

Neglect leading to decay on one hand, and deliberate vandalism on the other. These two are not the same.

By Scratchie on Fri, 03/22/2024 - 9:39am.

One is a physical danger to pedestrians and one isn't.

By Angry Dan on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 11:55am.

Needs more Mooninites.

By anon on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 2:03pm.

The perfect addition for city council chambers.

By makeshift_vicinity on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 2:58pm.

I mean they're not even bad words, it's just a mildly rude little joke. This is something that elementary school kids (and people like me) can laugh at and it won't do them any harm.

By sartreswaiter on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 3:01pm.

I'm saving this image to my desktop. This is peak art.

By deselby on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 3:04pm.

Trip hazard waiting to cause liability for the city.

By chaosjake on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 3:50pm.

A similar SNot FArt along the Charles in Weston in 2015
IMAGE(<a href="https://i.imgur.com/bi4vUh9.jpeg">https://i.imgur.com/bi4vUh9.jpeg</a><br /> )

By Plen-T-Pak on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 9:17pm.

Anyone remember that one at the T stop?

By Will on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:47pm.

... Banksy, we got this!