Graffitti

[Jo Clute]

Ruth,

I am going to use your message as a segway if that's ok.  I own the vacant 
property smack dab in the middle of those barracks type apts.  The crime 
there is rampant and the owners of these properties are durressed about the 
situation as well.  I am working on a project to turn this section of Oak 
into student/artist housing.

But doing so is where the trouble lies.  I have been working on and off 
this project for over a year and it has been a lot more difficult than I had 
anticipated.

HOWEVER,  I met with ASU college of Architecture just  last week and they 
are in the process of accepting that section (my property) as one of their 
Urban Workshops.  ASU comes with a LOT of PR which would generate interest 
in this section and hopefully pull the artists/students into this section.

I have talked with most of the owners and they are willing to do whatever it 
takes to convert this section from where it is.  They can't attract 
different tenants and it seems to be an endless cycle.  Most of the crime in 
Coronado streams from this section to the rest of the neighborhood via Oak, 
especially when they head towards the Sunshine Market.

Anyway I think the grafitti in this area is indicative of a much greater 
problem that needs to be handled at its core level.

Until then, I keep a can of Kilz and spare exterior paint for when the alley 
side of my house gets tagged as it seems to happen seasonably.

Welcome back to the list, we've been wondering where you've been :-)

Jody


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ruth & Rusty Rapp" <paris4545 at cox.net>
To: <central-city-discuss at gcna.info>
Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: Graffitti


> There has also been a lot of graffitti lately near those ghetto apartments
> at 15th St. and Oak (SE corner). There are even a couple of "blank" signs 
> on
> the property itself that are covered in it. I have reported this to
> Graffitti Busters a couple of times...they've painted over the crap, but 
> it
> soon reappears, of course. How easy for the tenants, they just have to 
> step
> right outside their doors, spray paint can in hand!
>
> I personally would have liked to see those apartments TORN DOWN.
>
> Ruth
>
>
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