All posts in the topic Graffiti decrease? (Short link)
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- Latest post made by Heidi Quezada at 2008 Feb 08 17:12 UTC
I live in Powderhorn and I have noticed much less graffiti this year than at
the same time last year. The 38th street corridor is fairly graffiti-free,
there is a lot less graffiti on Lake Street,the 35th and Chicago intersection
has only been hit a few times, and our alley has not been hit in many months.
I think several new murals over the summer have helped prevent additional
graffiti, but other than that i am pleasantly puzzled by the decrease. I do
not believe the cold weather has anything to do with it because in years past,
those who graffiti specifically would graffiti on super cold nights and then
the graffiti would sit there forever because it was too cold to remove it.
Are other neighborhoods also experiencing a graffiti decrease? Any ideas as to
why there has been (or seems to be) this decrease in graffiti?
Yes, I have noticed less graffiti around Powderhorn Park.
Also, I believe the city has not had a homicide in 2008!
Pam Colby
Powderhorn Park
On 2/6/08 10:27 AM, "Sara Bergen" <sarabergen@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I live in Powderhorn and I have noticed much less graffiti this year than at
> the same time last year. The 38th street corridor is fairly graffiti-free,
> there is a lot less graffiti on Lake Street,the 35th and Chicago intersection
> has only been hit a few times, and our alley has not been hit in many months.
>
> I think several new murals over the summer have helped prevent additional
> graffiti, but other than that i am pleasantly puzzled by the decrease. I do
> not believe the cold weather has anything to do with it because in years
past,
> those who graffiti specifically would graffiti on super cold nights and then
> the graffiti would sit there forever because it was too cold to remove it.
>
> Are other neighborhoods also experiencing a graffiti decrease? Any ideas as
to
Well, it took about a week for the criminals to hit the new Diamond Lake
Road bridge footing that runs parallel to 35W. Beautiful brick, covered with
two large brands illustrating exactly what I don't know.
Mike Thompson
Windom
Michael Thompson wrote:
>. . .the new Diamond Lake Road bridge footing that runs parallel to 35W.
Beautiful brick. . .
ML:
I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Beautiful is certainly not the
word that comes to mind when I look at the widening of the 35W abyss:
More on topic, on an anecdotal level there seems to be less graffiti in the
Midtown Phillips n'hood as well. I'm surprised that the large, blank concrete
retaining walls at the beautiful new pocket park/Midtown Greenway access point
at the old Cepro site have not yet been tagged. Hennepin County deserves kudos
for that land use decision. I'm hoping the County and other stakeholders take
steps that will improve the space while preventing graffiti, such as greening
those walls with plant cover and/or employing public art in ways that deter
tagging.
Matty Lang,
Midtown Phillips
Matty Lang wrote:
"I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Beautiful is certainly not the
word that comes to mind when I look at the widening of the 35W abyss:
"
Wow. That video, despite being created by MnDOT, is amazingly good at
illustrating just how immense the newly gobbled up real-estate and acres of
pavement actually are on the 35W/62 project.
Ditto, but along with Wagner's Flight of the Valkyries background
music and the screams, perhaps a bit of fire and smoke from the
structures disappearing along the new right-of-way as the new roadway
rolls out would add even more dramatic effect.
This is a message from Council Member Gary Schiff: Sara Bergen's observation of graffiti in South Minneapolis is consistent with what I have been hearing from other neighbors. Interestingly, the total amount of graffiti hasn't changed all that much from 2006 to 2007, but the number of days to clean it up has dropped dramatically. The city shouldn't brag too much because the number of days to remove graffiti is still far too long for what we expect in our neighborhoods, but the progress in just 12 months is impressive: In 2006, graffiti orders were open on overage for 37.5 days. In 2007, the number fell to an average of 19 days. New city grants for murals and other innovative solutions will be available for neighborhoods this Spring. Contact <email obscured> for more application information. Also, this week the city launched a new on-line resource; a "Graffiti Solutions" webpage (http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/graffiti/solutions.asp) that I helped create to allow residents to share their own innovative mural, art and landscaping responses to graffiti. Neighborhood artists have been busy and their creative responses are fun to see! (The wall of hubcaps in Powderhorn is one of my favorites!) Gary Schiff Minneapolis City Council Ward 9