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34th Street Wall, March 2010. The 34th Street Wall is a 1,120-foot-long retaining wall along SW 34th Street (Florida State Road 121) in Gainesville, Florida.It was constructed in 1979 by the Florida Department of Transportation to prevent erosion on the adjoining University of Florida golf course when the road was widened from two to four lanes, necessitating cutting through a small hill.
An anti-graffiti coating is a coating that prevents graffiti paint from bonding to surfaces. Cleaning graffiti off buildings costs billions of dollars annually. [ citation needed ] Many cities have started anti-graffiti programs but vandalism is still a problem.
A heavily tagged subway car in New York City in 1973. By the mid-1970s, most standards had been set in graffiti writing and culture. The heaviest "bombing" in U.S. history took place in this period, partially because of the economic restraints on New York City, which limited its ability to combat this art form with graffiti removal programs or transit maintenance.
Some writers dismiss legal graffiti as "not real" and avoid legal walls. [10] These people may consider a writer who uses legal walls to be a toy (inexperienced or uncultured writer). [ 10 ] Some writers believe that legal walls defeats the purpose of graffiti, as a rebellious act [ 3 ] to reclaim public space. [ 1 ]
Dondi pioneered many of the styles and techniques still used by modern graffiti artists. [ citation needed ] Though he often created wildstyle pieces for the benefit of other writers (like the famous 2MANY piece), he wanted the public to be able to read and enjoy his work, so he focused on readable letters with intricate fills and characters.
Sarasota, Florida, hosts an annual street art event, the Sarasota Chalk Festival, founded in 2007. An independent offshoot known as Going Vertical sponsors works by street artists, but some have been removed as controversial. [70] [71] Los Angeles's Arts District is known for its high concentration street murals. [72]
The Lincoln Mark LT is a luxury pickup truck manufactured and marketed by Ford's Lincoln division for model years 2006–2008 (U.S. and Canada) and 2006–2014 (Mexico) as a badge engineered, luxury-trimmed variant of the Ford F-150 truck — and a successor to the 2002-only Lincoln Blackwood.
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