Newsletter, April 28, 2013
Hello Fitzresidents, (a) Here is a great How Well Do You Know Fitzroy (HWDYKF) photo. For this pic, try to guess both the location and also the date. The answers are below. HBH, Time travel. (b) Here is another HWDYKF , though it is hard to see it clearly sorry. This is a very early drawing of the CBD’s east side and it shows, Spring street just right of the middle, and then Fitzroy...
Read MoreTagging into Art
urban art gone wrong heritage red mail box green mail box There seems to be an ever increasing space made available to urban art – on the sides of cafes, public housing and in laneways. Nonetheless the vexatious tagging seems worse than ever. Council’s rapid response team is...
Read MoreGraffiti & tagging.
GRAFFITI – THE SCOURGE OF FITZROY! ? Yarra Council has confirmed the fears of Fitzroy residents — the scourge of mindless graffiti (tagging) is increasing throughout Melbourne’s oldest suburb. We are not talking about the ‘street art” that adorns the walls of many buildings and brightens otherwise drab streets and alleys in the City of Yarra. The graffiti that is detested...
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