By painting over one of the few graffiti pieces that actually kinda matters, they are just wasting tax dollars. Some kids are gonna go out there and paint on the white spot so it will have to get buffed again AKA more tax money. Atleast clean up something that matters like trash.

IMHO, at this point, 90% of non-gang related graffiti is just state subsidized (it’s my tax dollars that are paying for the cleanup that you’ve necessitated) advertising for graphic designers looking to launch their ego driven brand so they can sell T-shirts, vinyl toys and prints later. The minute I sat down to dinner with a well known LA poster artist and his girlfriend presented me with a copy of his business plan, my sympathy went out the window.

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yes there are neighborhoods there but not really close enough to be affected by this paint on concrete. i’d be more offended by the industrial smoke and toxins all the companies spew into your neighborhood than a river piece. you are offended by a painting? and not by businesses polluting your area? people trashing your area? because remember the numbers: We spend WAY more money cleaning up litter than graffiti. and that’s a fact. look it up.

be more concerned about actual city neglect and the crimes committed by companies the hazardous living conditions for the homeless the LITTER i mean the place is straight up filthy.

You ever see the other side the piece? a big wall crushed with bombs and toys people living in shanties trash all over the place.

if OBAMA’s money (that’s right kids, stimulus.) being used to buff saber is the answer to the economy, i’d beg to differ. the Corps should have asked for money to CLEAN UP THE TRASH. not PAINT. wouldnt that money go further in the long run? cleaning up all the litter? not sand blasting the hell out of it and ignoring the trash on the ground. your quality of life didnt go up or down, it just stayed the same.

So it would appear that we have the federal government to thank for the damage to LA tourism.

I remember when I was growing up, I was proud that we were known as the mural capital of the country. Back then we still had art classes and clubs in public school, we were taught to respect and appreciate art in all it’s many forms of expression, we had a chance to create and be expressive ourselves. We also had a city that was willing to except everyone’s free speech through visual expressions, not just corporations with large bank accounts and the sole purpose of advertising.

Not to mention, with the economy at it’s present state, we need to look outside the box on ways to bring money to our city. Whether Los Angeles realizes it or not, they missed the boat on this one. All I can do is hope with the attention painting over that piece has brought, they take advantage of the opportunity and start involving a broader range of local artists in the “fixing up” of this city with our federal money.