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November 11, 2008
Someone tagged the side of my house.
Last night i noticed this graffiti on the 10th Avenue side of my house on the corner of sherman st and 10th ave. (between windsor & prospect) anyone know this tag or see anything?
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actually it does look familiar. but how exactly would it benefit to know what it means or who did it? nevermind, i guess of course it would be good to know who did it. this is a long shot but if you are on myspace, a lot of teenagers post their tags on their myspace accounts. actually lots of kids get busted for the stupid stuff they do by posting it on myspace and youtube. also that tagger might not just be one person! it could be a gang tag of marshmella, gram cracka, and chocolate.
-rob
Posted by: PitbullNYC at November 11, 2008 11:11 AM
No input on the perps but I suggest you get graffiti remover & brush it off a.s.a.p. - the longer it sits the harder it is to get rid of.
Posted by: Arkady at November 11, 2008 11:14 AM
Looks like another work of "smor"
Posted by: wasder at November 11, 2008 11:24 AM
get rid of the graffitti asap... it's an open invitation
for another destructive cretin to add to it... what a shame.
Posted by: bren at November 11, 2008 11:24 AM
bren is 100 percent right. others will just add to it, for obvious reasons.. definitely get rid of it as soon as possible.
-r
Posted by: PitbullNYC at November 11, 2008 11:30 AM
Maybe you'll find this useful--a preservation brief on removing graffiti from historic masonry: http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/tps/briefs/brief38.htm
I'd contact your local precinct and see if they're familiar with the tagger.
Posted by: vinca at November 11, 2008 11:42 AM
the cops came last night and said something about auxilary coming to get it off. it was still there this morning, so im hoping that when i get home from work today it'll be gone.
im just trying to understand when on a block where ppl are outside all the time no one could have seen it happen.
Posted by: Merebitch at November 11, 2008 12:07 PM
well that's not exactly high quality graffiti art.. it was probably done in about 2-3 seconds. that's cool that they are sending someone to clean it up as opposed to having to do it yourself.
-r
Posted by: PitbullNYC at November 11, 2008 1:12 PM
Call 311 and ask for information on the city's Grafitti Task Force or go to your local representative's office and ask there. I had a similar problem and went to my Senator's office (in Bay Ridge). They told me that the city has a free grafitti removal service. I looked online and found that it is only for certain neighborhoods. We had it taken care of ourselves.
Posted by: premadas at November 11, 2008 2:46 PM
Ummm, I am a graffitiologist with a Master's in Graffiti Studies (MIGS) from City College. Doing some quick graffiti forensics, it seems to me that you need look no further than your local Girl Scout troop to find the culprit of this proud act of vandalism. You see, "Smor" is a contraction of "S'more", which is itself a contraction of "Some More" which is the general response one has upon eating a "S'more," which is the unofficial snack of the Girl Scouts.
From Wikipedia:
"While the origin of this popular campfire dessert is unclear, the first recorded version of the recipe can be found in the Girl Scout Handbook of 1927.[4]"
You may want to bait the area with marshmallow and graham crackers. Do it now, because these are some hardcore folk you are dealing with, and if not, they may be back to carol your house during the holidays. ; )
Posted by: hoffster at November 11, 2008 10:11 PM
Sorry this happened to you. Our house was tagged a couple of months ago. Idiot came through the side gate and used latex house paint to make a lame tag of the word "Abel." He also hit the side of the liquor store and pool hall on 7th near Flatbush and the street planter of the across-the-street neighbor. The police were extremely blase about the whole thing and didn't even want to make a report. I also contacted the City's graffiti task force but it didn't seem like they would come soon (so far they haven't yet painted over the neighbor's planter). We did get follow up from the "graffitti specialist" at the 6th Ave. precinct and my on line research showed that "Abel" was a well known 70's west coast graffitier. The real Abel subesequntly changed his name due to low quality work by imitators and now markets custom sneakers.
Smor, which mean's "butter" in Swedish seems to refer to famous Berlin based graffitti artist. Again a pale imitation.
Posted by: Bessie at November 12, 2008 11:25 AM
beautiful piece of artwork on your building
Posted by: 11211 at November 13, 2008 11:48 AM
Someone did similar to my stoop.
Called precinct (76th) and they came by - took pictures and reported to city grafitti removal. City came by about a month later and cleaned it off.
Posted by: Petebklyn at November 13, 2008 3:32 PM
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