There are two types of graffiti artists in Portland. There are the punchers. These are the youthful spiky hair dickheads who tag a wall with graffiti. And there’s the Portland Public Services Department.
In the haste to mark out a project, they roam the streets aerosoling everything in sight. Keep your kids close folks, these guys are likely to put a blue stripe in the middle of little Sally’s forehead.
If I run for City Council some day, it will be to remove this unsightly spray paint from our beautiful brick and cobblestone streets. To this end, I have put together a cool map photo mashup where you can view the destruction. In one walk from my bus stop to work, I was able to photograph 10 unique spots (and I probably missed some). Click the picture to check it out.
Some of these tags have been here a long time too; rain doesn’t wash away this artwork. If you agree it’s too much and you’re a Portlander, Like the Facebook post or pass it on and let’s see if we can create some buzz. Remember that we’re not against the Public Services Department – they do good work too – but just trying to bring up something they’re probably not too aware of.
If this doesn’t work, I’m going to spray paint their building.
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