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Photo: ‘America is dying’

By Paul Demko | 03.30.09 | 6:39 pm

Graffiti taggers in South Minneapolis have apparently lost faith in the American dream. These dueling slogans were spotted today on a house on the 3100 block of Clinton Avenue.

Where’s the GOP street art?

By Paul Schmelzer | 10.23.08 | 11:36 am

A lot has been written about street artists promoting the candidacy of Barack Obama, but how about the GOP side? A search at Flickr shows only a few photos of street art that could be construed, in a pinch,…

First big RNC graffito?

By Chris Steller | 08.11.08 | 12:40 pm

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What may be the first large-scale graffito against the Republican National Convention appeared within the last few days on the back side of the landmark Grain Belt beercap sign in Minneapolis.…

Minneapolis doles out $164,500 for graffiti prevention and clean-up

By Molly Priesmeyer | 05.08.08 | 2:01 pm

Relatively speaking, there’s a lot more money spent on graffiti removal locally than you probably realize. Along with the Minneapolis Anti-Graffiti Initiative, which pays citizens cash for leads about graffiti that produce arrests, the city of…