people need to seriously get over their overwhelming concern about graffiti in buffalo. compared to other cities, buffalo's problem is not that bad, and in many places in this country, the parts of the city with thriving graffiti scenes are the hipist, trendiest, and most expensive parts of town. ie. Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Melrose and echo park in los angeles, along with many parts of chicago.
if you don't like it, then grab some paint, and get rid of it. problem solved.
I spent last summer in Rome and a little time in Antwerp. Those cities are covered in graffiti, it is accepted because things that are historic are not tagged. I was shocked by it when first arriving in Europe, but after being there for 3 months it was understandable as a part of the culture. The people who did the tagging did it with respect not defacing the historical architecture.
The graffiti we have in Buffalo is nothing like the "thriving graffiti scenes" of NYC and LA. I can appreciate this urban artform and I have yet to see a local tag that is anything close to artisitc.
All the cool cities have street art, nice to see it showing up in Buffalo!
"knowing about the different styles of graffiti can be helpful in order to identify it in your neighborhood"
How would that be helpful?
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