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(5 votes) 1:47 pm
June 20, 2007
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"Remembering Venice 1913", painted in 2003 by artist David Legaspi III at Main and Market Street, has been "tagged" by some fool that has no respect for art. The entire wall was hit.
"Remembering Venice 1913" pre-buffooning
Thanks to Matt Kline for the picture and heads up!
1:52 pm
August 6, 2010
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I just walked past and saw this. So lame. Looks like VSL in reverse in a bunch of places. Shoreline tags have been popping up a lot lately.
1:53 pm
December 8, 2008
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what a serious crying shame! IDIOT!
2:10 pm
March 5, 2012
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I certainly hope this can be restored, and soon! So sad…
3:44 pm
April 13, 2012
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There should be EXTREME consequences for tagging period – especially on murals and pieces of art. Somebody knows who the individual is by his tag – there should be a team of investigators that takes this seriously, makes arrests, and ensures prosecution for these crimes. Tagging is thought of as a low level street crime but it demonstrates a general feeling of lawlessness in our community. Unfortunately this is closely related to the lax enforcement of the laws that are not being enforced in the transient encampments. 'Nobody is paying attention so we can do what we want. Nobody respects this neighborhood so why should we?'
3:45 pm
April 29, 2010
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I noticed that as well. Anyone know how to proceed with getting it fixed? Perhaps the longer it sits as is, the more a free-for-all message is conveyed to mural taggers.
4:13 pm
July 27, 2010
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ever notice when there is a break in school (spring break, summer vacation, christmas break) there is an increase of graffiti in our neighborhood?
5:29 pm
October 25, 2010
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This looks bad and I cannot imagine anyone but a fool having done it However, the risk of this happening was significant.
Graffitti covers the walls of the stairways from the ground floor to the roof of St. Peter's in Rome. Tagging is just an continuation of the same behavior. Whether it's wall art on a building or fancy tag art on a the wall of a flood control channel somebody is going to want to tag it, sooner or later. Defacing wall paintings in our megalopolis is not new and it's not likely to stop anytime, soon.
In addition to vandalism, paintings on walls are vulnerable to weathering, damage to the buildings, and the eventual end of the structure's useful life. It might look good but it's on media that cannot be expected to endure indefinitely.
5:51 pm
February 11, 2010
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happened a couple weeks ago. right around spring break.
very sad for venice and market/windward neighborhood.
