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Chicago's "Graffiti Blasters" can't keep up with the tagging in Wicker Park, even with a $9 million budget. The city is able t clean up 172,000 tags each year, but that still isn't enough. Since Chicago lost the 2016 bid in Oct., tag cleanings have fallen by 10,000 compared with the year-earlier period. (Chicago Sun Times)
http://www.suntimes.com/news/watchdogs/2172776,CST-NWS-watchdogs19.article
CBS 2
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/wicker.park.graffiti.2.1642143.html
Video of Chicago graffiti
Graffiti is showing up in stylish homes and posh places across the country (Chicago Sun-Times)
http://www.suntimes.com/news/blogentries/index.html?bbPostId=BC9JbY0kq3LSB1mlBXYq6oJWAc9AEPrYOLQCzDik7aMOrXcs&bbParentWidgetId=B8k88rWwXopuz5STgLeVwBLu
A CNC reporter tracks down the elusive graffiti artist "snacki," who prefers billboards and building walls where more people will see him to galleries fit for the hipster set.
(New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/us/28cncgraffiti.html
The N-Word and KKK were spraypainted on South Sider's garage. (Chicago Breaking News)
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/03/racist-graffiti-spraypainted-on-southwest-side-garage.html
A U. of C. student documents 1,700 incidents of graffiti in a school library. And by "graffiti" the article means little scribbles and doddles that appear on any college campus or library -- is this vandalism? Is this different from street graffiti? (Chicago Tribune)
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-03-24/news/ct-live-0324-graffiti-book-20100324_1_nerd-chicago-happy
Graffiti work by "Snacki," who is featured in the NYTimes article (Chicago Art Magazine)
http://chicagoartmagazine.com/2010/03/snacki-attacks-chicago%C2%A0/
Justice Stevens upholds the 1992 ban on selling spray paint in Chicago. A Federal District Court Judge had ruled the ban unconstitutional in 1993. The 7th Circuit Appeals Court overturned that ruling. (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/04/us/justice-stevens-allows-chicago-to-ban-spray-paint.html?pagewanted=1
A reflection on whether graffiti is art or simply vandalism. Includes story about Jason Kitchekeg, who died after he jumped in a river as he tried to escape cops who caught him tagging. (Chicago Now)
http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chicago-gallery-news/2010/02/graffiti-in-chicago---vandalism-or-art.html
A photo gallery of the tagging of the Art Institute's Modern Wing
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/PHOTOS-Graffiti-Artists-Deface-Modern-Wing-84969297.html
Photos of the graffiti at U. of C. featured in 7/8/09 Tribune article (LA Times)
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/07/library-graffiti-at-the-university-of-chicago.html
Video of Chicago graffiti
An overview of the evolution of tagging in Chicago, from gangs to graffiti crews to permission walls (Windy Citizen)
http://www.windycitizen.com/news/logan-square/2009/03/13/chicago-graffiti-why-fight-the-paint
Video of Chicago graffiti
Photo Essay on Graffiti Art (Time Magazine)
http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/street_art/
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