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THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2012
Vol. CXXIII, No. 69
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF TACOMA Devoted to the Courts, Real Estate, Finance, Industrial Activities, and Publication of Legal Notices
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Life After GrafďŹ ti Garage
Posted online Weds., April 9 Article and Photos By Todd Matthews, Editor A little more than five months have passed since downtown Tacoma's 'Graffiti Garage' officially became off-limits to, well, graffiti. For five years, the privately-owned garage, located at 723-737 Broadway, was a haven for local street artists to show their work. Visitors were treated to vibrant (and rotating) displays of local street art, and artists could legally spray paint their work on the garage's walls, floors, pillars, and ceiling without breaking any laws. That changed last year, however, when City of Tacoma officials announced the property owner (citing concerns over safety, liability, and feedback from neighbors) was turning the garage into, well, a garage. As of Nov. 1, it no longer was legal to spray paint on the site. The Tacoma Daily Index stopped by the former Graffiti Garage this week to see what it looks like now that all the artists have gone away. For starters, a fresh coat of off-white-colored paint covers nearly every surface, cloaking the site's street art history. And yet, there is still some evidence of graffiti and street art on the walls, ceiling, and even the fare boxes and garbage can. It seems the Graffiti Garage hasn't entirely given up the ghost.