Comments on: City of Tacoma Targets Artists : Death to the Graffiti Garages

By: Light Graffiti

Light Graffiti — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:39:43 +0000

not bad …

By: dillon

dillon — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:29:56 +0000

wow…how could they do that to plus one rip mural..

By: paintlover

paintlover — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:43:48 +0000

I agree 100% with all the responses that were praising the art of graffiti. I wish that there was more of a designed space for it though. If the city could designate a vacant lot with alot of walls that could totally be turned into a out doors art gallery. “Sterilizing” the city makes me think of the Death Star from Star Wars. A city has got to have local Color.
Graffiti is personality and art.

By: 253

253 — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:52:56 +0000

what the city really needs to understand by killing the graffiti garages… double the amount of vandalism is going to occur… especially since they were dumb enough to paint over Plus Ones rest in peace murals.. a very well known graffiti writer who passed away.

great job!

By: Acumensch

Acumensch — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:09:31 +0000

This makes me so upset! I saw that today when I drove by the Helm Gallery.

I wrote my opinions about it on my blog:

http://aeconomics.blogspot.com/2008/01/toward-theory-of-public-ritual.html

By: hera

hera — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:36:34 +0000

This is a ignorant and humiliating act on the part of the city that makes me sad and furious….I ashamed for them. What a great loss for the city and a personal loss for many of us. Did someone say “blank canvas”…=0)

By: Justin Mayfield

Justin Mayfield — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:17:24 +0000

I saw this yesterday and I was really ashamed of our city for the first time in a longtime. I was actually giving a visitor a tour of downtown and that was the only negative thing that was pointed out.

By: city st

city st — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:07:09 +0000

It’s sad that they got buffed out, the last garage was a dedication to Plus One and seeing the city buff everthing is just depressing. One thing is right though, the city did make a new canvas and ihope it gets painted right.

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:19:16 +0000

I remember spending time appreciating the works – a random discovery when we first moved here – I thought what a rich display. No one would mistake what I remember as gang tagging. What a loss. I would have liked a chance to photograph the works before it’s destruction.

By: Toronto neighbourhoods

Toronto neighbourhoods — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:23:38 +0000

It`s hard to decide sometimes what counts as a random graffiti or as real artwork. I`m sure that people tend to exaggerate things like that. They try to remain blind to the new tendencies of art. In our Toronto parking garage we had amazing pictures but unfortunately it made some ignorant people furious so it had been destroyed. You really can`t do anything against this type of "mass".