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Showing posts with label graffiti. Show all posts
Showing posts with label graffiti. Show all posts
Graffiti Wisdom: Rome is for...
" Roma da Vedere/Milano da Bere " There's no perfect translation for this bit of rhyming graffiti, spotted in Monti, but som...
Piazza Vescovio: the Anni di Piombo and the Murder of Francesco Cecchin
Posters honoring the memory of Francesco Cecchin, on via Tembien in the Trieste quarter. The words above, " Raido e' Militanza ...
Love Poems: on the Streets and Sidewalks of Rome
Rome's walls--the walls of buildings, the sides of trains and Metro cars--are full of graffiti, some of it reaching the level of art, so...
Bart Simpson: Favorite of Rome's Graffiti Writers
"The Simpsons" family is as well known in Italy as the Obamas or the Kennedys. And among Rome's graffiti writers, it's to...
Boccea: Just a Roman Neighborhood
Via di Boccea, looking east from a bus stop. 1961 Church We had arranged to have lunch with a friend, in her neighborhood, a second-tier ...
A Failed Underpass in EUR: a Brief History of Over and Under
This underground passageway is shuttered now, and probably has been for years, useful only for collecting trash and attracting graffiti. Th...
The Tiny Trucks of Rome
In the U.S., where bigger is always better, nobody wants a truck that isn't capable of hauling an apartment building or, if need be, the...
Deciphering Rome's Walls: Neo-Fascist Iconography
If you've been in Rome 15 minutes, you've already seen, and lamented, the vast amount of graffiti that adorns the city. Much of it-...
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