Graffiti -- a nuisance or art?

Barry Heintz pulls the trigger of a powerwasher to blast away the last vestiges of an eight-foot-long and two-foot-high sprawl of graffiti in a Mount Vernon alley.

[Martha Pomerantz]

There was a wonderful graffito on a building that could be seen from the light rail some years back. It showed Krazy Kat with upraised fists and was captioned, "Up with the People!" That one deserved to be saved and I wanted to "capture" it on our camera. However, by the time I was equipped with my photographic equipment, the painting had disappeared. Has anyone recorded that in an archive and maybe the artist's name is known now and recognized.

[pat ID]

Great article wish I could have been there. Good work stab!!