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In other, happier, tagging news... someone threw up a sticker-tag on one of the bollards in the short north UDF parking lot. It's a "Hi! My Name is" sticker, with "BIG MAN JAPAN!" scribbled excitedly in sharpie. That was pretty good.
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Graffiti Crackdown in Columbus
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melikecheese
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dru
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JimL2 wrote >>
In other, happier, tagging news... someone threw up a sticker-tag on one of the bollards in the short north UDF parking lot. It's a "Hi! My Name is" sticker, with "BIG MAN JAPAN!" scribbled excitedly in sharpie. That was pretty good.I don't know if that is linked, but there has been a scourge of crappy "Japan" tags in the Italian Village. Using everything from spray paint, to letter decals, to what appears to be burn marks, there are several of these tags around the neighborhood. The most prominent being on an abandoned property on Summit just north of Second.
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Rockmastermike
CORNspiracy HQ
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alexs wrote >>
There used to be some guy tagging as Sky in this part of town, I wonder what ever happened to him.he was busted a long time ago:
http://nograffiti.com/files/Files2/sky.htm
Wednesday, August 2, 2000
Kevin Mayhood
Dispatch Staff ReporterThe teen-ager spent untold hours in the early mornings spray-painting the word sky on bridges,
overpasses and buildings throughout Columbus.Now, Trent Ecklar will spend 400 hours, likely with pail and scrub brush in hand, removing his and
others' illegal artwork.
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TimLessner
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TimLessner
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woops. didn't notice Rockmastermike already posted...
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sixby9is42
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Rockmastermike wrote >>
alexs wrote >>
There used to be some guy tagging as Sky in this part of town, I wonder what ever happened to him.he was busted a long time ago:
http://nograffiti.com/files/Files2/sky.htm
Wednesday, August 2, 2000
Kevin Mayhood
Dispatch Staff Reporter
The teen-ager spent untold hours in the early mornings spray-painting the word sky on bridges,
overpasses and buildings throughout Columbus.
Now, Trent Ecklar will spend 400 hours, likely with pail and scrub brush in hand, removing his and
others' illegal artwork.
This looks like the same guy, DUI back in 2008: http://barnesvilledispatch.com/speeding-driver-offers-unusual-excuse-p3572.htm
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kitty
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dru wrote >>
JimL2 wrote >>
In other, happier, tagging news... someone threw up a sticker-tag on one of the bollards in the short north UDF parking lot. It's a "Hi! My Name is" sticker, with "BIG MAN JAPAN!" scribbled excitedly in sharpie. That was pretty good.I don't know if that is linked, but there has been a scourge of crappy "Japan" tags in the Italian Village. Using everything from spray paint, to letter decals, to what appears to be burn marks, there are several of these tags around the neighborhood. The most prominent being on an abandoned property on Summit just north of Second.
I've noticed a few Japan tags on High street. There are 2 "Deceas Japs" tags in the alley behind Circus. The "Deceas Japs" just showed up a few weeks ago.
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dru
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kitty wrote >>
dru wrote >>
JimL2 wrote >>
In other, happier, tagging news... someone threw up a sticker-tag on one of the bollards in the short north UDF parking lot. It's a "Hi! My Name is" sticker, with "BIG MAN JAPAN!" scribbled excitedly in sharpie. That was pretty good.I don't know if that is linked, but there has been a scourge of crappy "Japan" tags in the Italian Village. Using everything from spray paint, to letter decals, to what appears to be burn marks, there are several of these tags around the neighborhood. The most prominent being on an abandoned property on Summit just north of Second.
I've noticed a few Japan tags on High street. There are 2 "Deceas Japs" tags in the alley behind Circus. The "Deceas Japs" just showed up a few weeks ago.
Same stuff...some of the Japan ones also seem to come with DCEAS and SEAN...
i have a team together for when the weather gets nicer. myself and a couple of others with buckets of paint and rollers, and one with a gun to stand guard (based on someone else getting challenged and beat by other gang members when removing some tags up in WP).
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coolbuckeye
South Clintonville
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Damn Dru! thats how you roll? :)
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melikecheese
Merion Village
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Since this is kinda in line with the discussion.
What can I do about private property near my house (2 houses next to mine) who have spray paint scribbles on their fences but don't seem interested in cleaning them off?
It's been over a year for one, and one is pretty racist. But the city seems to not want anything to do with private property.
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lifeliberty
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talk to the owners or contact 311 about having code enforcement to come out and make a visit.
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dru
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lifeliberty wrote >>
talk to the owners or contact 311 about having code enforcement to come out and make a visit.in my experience with 311 - which is usually pretty good - graffiti on private property is not covered under code violations. thus my take care of it yourself plan above.
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lifeliberty
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Be careful with that.
here's some more info http://assets.columbus.gov/graffiti/Posted 1 year ago # -
Twixlen
Westgate, Columbus
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There are a couple of garages/fences in Westgate that have had tags for *years* --- I don't know if people don't care, or if they don't see them (alley side), or don't understand all that is behind tagging.
I am tempted to do a very early morning commando Kilz Clean Up one of these days.
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labi
Weinland Park
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Twixlen wrote >>
I am tempted to do a very early morning commando Kilz Clean Up one of these days.Maybe I'm naive, but I feel like most private property owners who don't respond to graffiti do so because they think that no one cares whether they do or not, and it will just be re-tagged as soon as they remove it. I feel like if you went to them and said "that graffiti's bugging me, can I remove it, I'll bring all the supplies and do the work" they would be fine with that. (In other words, maybe no need for the secret early morning approach.)
(But I've never done this...fortunate not to have any in the immediate vicinity of my house.)
Although I guess the hard-core gang tags are a different matter, per dru.
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JEG614
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Okay let's get somethin straight.
For all of old ass-floods on here sayin, "I wish i would catch one of them painting in my neighborhood blah blah blah", "They should let the owners of the buildings they paint on kick there ass blah blah blah", SHUT THE FUCK UP because you know if a confrontation were to arise, especially if you confronted a group, shit would go down. And you would be on the receiving end of an ass whoopin. This specifically to the guy who said someone just barely escaped getting a can of paint shoved down there throat, Homie if it were ME, or any other REAL WRITER, you would have got stomped. So PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't make this into a violence thing. Myself and other writers all know this "SEED" character is a TOY, writin on people houses in shit not to mention his tags are garbage but back to the point. The real artist are beautifying the community, not destroying it. And the thought of violence is in no one's mind. However if it must go there, just remember who's been out on the streets more.
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