“Interesting use of sarcasm by a bitch-ass tagger public-space blog commenter,” says our pal Cranky Old Mission Guy. Well done, Hesh.
Says SF Appeal:
A community that came together to solve the problem of persistent graffiti at a neighborhood park celebrated the unveiling of a mural painted in the hope of staving off vandalism.
Potrero del Sol Park, which is a favorite among skaters and schoolchildren, is bordered by Buena Vista Elementary School and a building maintained by San Francisco General Hospital.
Taggers constantly targeted a wall of the hospital building, according to the city’s Recreation and Park Department. After hospital painters’ efforts to efface the wall were thwarted time and time again, the community rallied.
They rallied and came up with this pretty mural idea and got it funded and here it is. Buuut don’t those big, wide, bright white block letters look like they might be pretty inviting to taggers? Or is that the point? They’re daring neighborhood taggers to be complete and total dicks? So that when they take the bait, tougher measures later on will be perfectly justified? Or am I thinking too hard?
[via Curbed SF]
[Photo by Mission Local]
It was a Dan Plasma Tiger piece for a while, then it got turned into a group piece, now, not two months later, Plasma takes it back. How long will this one last?
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