Permitted graffiti on derelict buildings in Hull has caused a drop in anti-social behaviour, according to the fire service.
It had alleged alterations without permits, graffiti, trash and debris and "substandard" housing.
Is there a loophole that permits graffiti artists to vandalize public property if Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have spent over $1 million on their work?
The fashion designer whose permit for a block party celebrating graffiti has been taken away by City Hall says he plans to sue on First Amendment grounds today, demanding that the city reinstate the permit.
Who hasn't noticed a slippage in the predictability and timeliness of the essential services of street cleaning, trash pickup, graffiti removal, infrastructure repair, permit and inspection services, and the severe hits to library and parks services?
To counter frustrations that led to secession drives by the San Fernando Valley and Hollywood sections of Los Angeles, Mayor James K. Hahn proposed a 10-point plan to improve residents' access to services like building permits, street repairs, trash pickup and graffiti cleanup.
The city has revoked a permit awarded to organizers of a block party celebrating graffiti, saying it will not grant another one unless the group scraps plans to have graffiti writers spray paint murals onto models of New York City subway trains.
Graffiti art, unless done with a public art permit, is probably not legal in your area.
Recently, even city authorities have gotten in on the act, as they have sought to capitalize on graffiti's more artistic offshoots by handing out permits to encourage street artists to paint murals in blighted public spaces.
City officials opposed the permit, in part because the program included a demonstration in which famous graffiti writers planned to paint mock subway cars.
