We’ve received several emails from artman1951 about a rash of graffiti along Greenwood Avenue. He says the graffiti escalated since schools went on holiday break. He says the graffiti has shown up on the sides of Greenwood Hardware, Fiber Gallery, Strut, the Masonic Lodge, the building housing Moonphoto, a condo building, even a fire hydrant.
He sent a number of pictures of graffiti - many from a specific tagger spelling out “KLASP.” We’re hesitant to publish the photos because the last time we did, a number of people commented that the publicity is exactly what taggers want.
Do you think taggers actually read sites like PhinneyWood to see if their tags are making them famous? Should we publish the photos? Would a parent see a tag and realize it’s their child’s handiwork and punish them?
He also sent us a photo of a graffiti removal service truck parked out front of the Fiber Gallery yesterday, ready to get rid of the tags.
16 responses so far ↓
1 Northa85th // Dec 29, 2009 at 1:01 pm
It’s clear, we need a few cruisers on patrol protecting property in Greenwood every night of the week.
2 RidgeDweller // Dec 29, 2009 at 1:07 pm
There’s some graffiti on the outside of the baseball diamond at 80th and 1st (Greenwood school).
We definitely need some more police in Seattle and the neighborhood. CRIME is an issue that shapes our daily lives, much more than the tunnel. I hope that the new mayor addresses crime and safety in this city, rather than continuing to focus on an issue that’s already been decided.
Overruns on the tunnel construction? Not great, but not the overriding issue in Seattle right now.
Crime? An overriding issue that affects Police and citizens EVERYDAY. Protect the Police. Protect citizens.
3 john walker // Dec 29, 2009 at 1:24 pm
mayor mcginn, do you hear us?
4 Neighbor // Dec 29, 2009 at 1:54 pm
This guy on Flickr seems to know all about it: http://www.flickr.com/people/rpmag/
5 Iron City Mike // Dec 29, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Graffiti already on the wall that replaced the Green Bean Coffee Shop et al.
6 js // Dec 29, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Maybe the new mayor can employ bike grafitti patrols.
7 greenwood worker // Dec 29, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Yes rpmag at flickr seems just a little “too” interested in photographs of the graffiti.
8 Womble // Dec 29, 2009 at 9:43 pm
The previous OK Corral site is covered in huge uglt graffiti. The wall next to Naked City has graffiti. The fence in Walgreens parking lot has graffiti. The closed McDonalds is covered in graffiti at the rear. The area behind Fred Meyer dumpster frequently has graffiti, and currently a lot of signs/mailboxes/cars are graffiti’d in the 1st/2nd Ave/90th Ave NW block. Nice.
9 Tiktok // Dec 29, 2009 at 9:55 pm
It’s difficult to stand anywhere in Greenwood and not have at least one piece of graffiti in sight.
10 Northa85th // Dec 29, 2009 at 10:30 pm
How ’bout takin’ some time and reporting the graffiti? Report it here:
http://www.seattle.gov/util/Services/Garbage/KeepSeattleClean/Graffiti_Prevention_&_Removal/ReportGraffiti/index.htm
Once it’s reported, SPU gets involved and, in my experience, it gets cleaned up pretty quickly.
11 jm // Dec 30, 2009 at 10:00 am
I’ll take a wild guess and say most residents in this neighborhood do not want the graffiti on their property. It is similar to the idiots spinning their cars on play ground at Sandel Park.
12 Fnarf // Dec 30, 2009 at 7:37 pm
I don’t want to see pictures of Klasp’s work. I want to see pictures of Klasp himself falling down a flight of stairs.
13 petsfriend // Jan 1, 2010 at 7:46 am
Reiterating Northa85th’s comment. CALL CALL CALL. When SPU sends a letter to prop owners, they have 10 days to deal w/it or face escalation and fines. Yes it sucks that they target buildings, but leaving the graffiti up doesn’t help anything business owners. They faster you take it down, the less likely you’ll be tagged again. Taggers want their tags up, not painted out.
14 GreenwoodGal // Jan 1, 2010 at 12:07 pm
What petsfriend said!
15 allhoesbware // Jan 2, 2010 at 12:42 am
crown hill bill yeee yee yee
16 Monty Piethong // Jan 5, 2010 at 7:53 pm
” Should we publish the photos? Would a parent see a tag and realize it’s their child’s handiwork and punish them?”
These little morons may not have two parents or they might not live with a parent. Their parents are failures and it’s too late for any positive guidance. Don’t publish the photos, just send them to the SPD.
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