Xcel Energy appears to be rolling out new utility boxes in Minneapolis like the ones above. The one problem I have with these is that they’re a blank canvas for taggers. The color choices seems rather ill-conceived for a urban environments. It would be great to see Xcel get a bit more creative with the [...]
R.E.M.O.V. (Remove Existing Marks of Vandalism) is a local group of people who take time to clean up tags that show up in the neighborhood. They get together around once a month to clean up new tags using free graffiti removal supplies provided by the city. Additionally, the group has set up a free Facebook [...]
Minneapolis Ward 12 City Council Member Sandy Colvin Roy’s newsletter passed along some great news about the return on investments the city has made in graffiti abatement over the past year. Small grants were given out to creative groups to come up with solutions to the ongoing problem: Graffiti Micro-grants Producing Great Results The Solid [...]
A guy in San Francisco has created a form of Graffiti where he selectively cleans walls that are covered in soot, leaving artistic cleanliness behind. He makes interesting statements and doing an extraordinary job pointing out just how dirty cities become. This made me think about how my lungs deal with the soot that he [...]
The guys from 612 Authentic did a ride-along with me on a recent graffiti removal adventure and turned out the following video for MinnPost (you can go full-screen with the video by clicking the square icon in the lower-right after starting the video): Here are a few “behind the scenes” comments: 1. Gabe & Jacob [...]
Dennis Geisinger has a great update on the state of graffiti in the City of Minneapolis a year after latest graffiti law went into effect where stores selling graffiti supplies (aka spray paint) had to lock up or post “We ID” signs. The lowdown on the fight against “tagging†According to a review of recent [...]
Three weeks ago, I mentioned that someone should invest in cameras that would help catch graffiti vandals in the act so they could cash in on the $500 rewards the City of Minneapolis is offering for tips leading to convictions. And tonight, FOX 9 reported that a guy living in the Lyndale Neighborhood, Jim Fiala, [...]
The city of Minneapolis has a new reward program that pays up to $500 for graffiti reports that lead to convictions. Here’s how it works: How to qualify for the Stop Graffiti Now! Reward Program – If you see a vandal applying graffiti to a home or a business—call 911 – Provide your name and [...]
Looking for something to do this weekend? How about something in the Corcoran Neighborhood: Teens and Adults! Help Paint a New Mural on Lake Street This Weekend You are invited to help transform a graffiti-plagued building with your neighbors this weekend. Sala De Belleza, 1837 East Lake Street (between Longfellow and Cedar) will be the [...]
I found this YouTube video of Minneapolis graffiti embedded within a story about the topic on the Minneapolis Mirror: It’s amazing how many of the walls shown in this video get tagged over and over again. For example, the first part of the video shows walls along E 38th St. Regulars along that road surely [...]
