Seeing graffiti in an odd place, one wonders who and how did they put it there? Here, while my husband was driving, we were whizzing along the Alaskan Way Viaduct through Pioneer Square in downtown Seattle the other day, when my random photographs revealed graffiti on a roof top. Just a bit odd and too bad as well, I dislike those to deface the property of others in this manner, sometimes their tagging borders on artwork, but it is still not their prerogative to cause damage to others, just saying. In the background, you can see Seattle’s historic Smith Tower (built in 1914), at 42 stories and 489 feet it was the tallest building on the west coast until the Space Needle overtook it in 1962.
Thanks for joining me today, for the view that is right here! ~ Madge
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Although I don’t like graffiti, it’s even worse when they put vulgar language or images all over the place. But every once in awhile I see some graffiti and it’s really good and think “hey… how come that person isn’t in art school?” LOL!
xo Catherine
i dislike graffiti as well…some call it “art” but not me! i see it as a crime committed by a punk with no respect for others.
I guess your photo shows life as it is. So sad.
There is graffiti and then there is graffiti art – I have no problem with the later and would like to think that the location and city/town is okay with that because clearly it takes more than one hasty night with someone on look-out in order to complete.
That’s a great whizzing by shot. The shy and colors are fantastic.
Ugghh. I hate auto mistake. The sky, the sky.
Very sad :( Graffiti really bugs me too. We see a lot of trains in our area and of course they’re covered in graffiti. Ugh.
there is likely no where someone with a can of spray paint cant get (wait, was that a double negative?) .. bottom line if they want to get there and spray, they can/will ..
I have a postcard with an old photo of the Smith Tower dominating the Seattle skyline. Even today it fits well into the skyline.
Pardon the allusion, but grafitti seems to me a lot like dogs lifting their legs to mark territory. Art or not, I think humans should be able to manage better than that. Alas, I’ve always been an idealist.
Great shot of the city skyline, Madge, graffiti and all! We have graffiti even out in the far reaches of the countryside. I just published a photo not too long ago, of a rural abandoned railroad bridge covered in graffiti. It is in the middle of no-where! xx
I don’t mind when featureless brick walls are made interesting by graffiti. On other occasions I find it offensive.
There isn’t a square inch of cityscape immune from a taggers spraycan, unfortunately. And I agree, even Banksy doesn’t have the right to put his “art” on someone elses property.
Yep, I’ve seen graffiti in lots of places.
I wonder how they get to some of them; seems like a lot of work just to get there.
Often you give a history lesson with your photos; thanks, I like that!
I saw some here and thought they same thing. Nice shot.
Artful graffiti is one thing — this looks to be vandalism in my book. :(
I always love seeing the Smith Tower whenever I am in Seattle. My great-grandfather was an elevator operator there and my mother worked in an office in the tower in the 1950’s. It evokes a bygone era as it sits so much lower than the other skyscrapers, but so glad that it hasn’t become just another memory. I like the way you have captured it with the graffiti in the foreground and no taller buildings in the background.