Brooklyn Got 'Tagged' More in '08
With tighter city budgets, quality of life issues are bound to get worse. Case in point: Graffiti complaints in North Brooklyn were up 20 percent last year; arrests were up 24 percent. “It’s bringing property values down,” complained one Bushwick resident whose building is frequently tagged. In parts of South Brooklyn like Sunset Park and…
With tighter city budgets, quality of life issues are bound to get worse. Case in point: Graffiti complaints in North Brooklyn were up 20 percent last year; arrests were up 24 percent. “It’s bringing property values down,” complained one Bushwick resident whose building is frequently tagged. In parts of South Brooklyn like Sunset Park and Coney Island, complaints were up but arrests were down.
It worked well on the subway cars to clean things up there…NOT.
‘How noble of you to regard grafitti put up on someone else’s property as “art”.’
Benson, I NEVER said that I regard graffiti PUT ON SOMEONE ELSE’S PROPERTY as art.
I said:
‘Yes, I regard ‘some’ graffitti as art.’
Believe it or not some graffiti ‘art’ is paid for.
So, our argument should be about verbiage in this case. Be careful what you accuse me of, my toys have not come out in a long time.
BRG;
How noble of you to regard grafitti put up on someone else’s property as “art”. I’ll second DIB’s thoughts and ask that you provide us with your address, so that some of this “art” can be delivered to you.
I’ll take photos to put up on flicker.
You are being just plain ridiculous in your post.
this is how it jumped the shark.
Always good if a tenant checks with a landlord first before proceeding with exterior modifications.
I’m working on the style of the DIBS tag though. It’ll open up a whole new medium of graffiti art by a fifty-something Pompous White Asshat. I’ll sell caps with the DIBS logo and a “53 Fifty” label on the brim.
that’ll be loads of fun, dibs.
Haha! You know DIBS would make a pretty good tag too.
OK cb6…are we all invited over to tag your building???
New York’s coming back to its senses again. Why is/are graffiti equated with “worse”? Only the up(their a–)tight class see it this way. Graffiti reflects the realities, the zeitgeist, and at times the hypocrisy of a culture; made NY world famous and even brought in business after the white flight.