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Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

I thought I might share with our esteemed community a picture of a colossal "tag"-style graffito that appeared on Sussex Gardens sometime on Friday night (2nd January), or possibly the night before. It is so huge and vile it displays utter contempt for civility and the urban environment. In the interests of fairness, some would say that it is a typical signifier of the urban environment and therefore quite the opposite.

Amusingly, the "artist" who authored it put the tag in inverted commas, either because they are deeply insecure about their purpose in life, or because they are labouring under some clichéd notion of postmodern irony and need to scare-quote everything they say. Either way, said graffito is a cretinous, cowardly act of vandalism against the Gardens community.

I have written to Haringey Council and received the encouraging response that "We will try to remove racist or obscene graffiti within 1 working day and all other graffiti within 3 working days."

Has anyone else had the good fortune to set eyes upon this exquisite work of art? Or perhaps our local artist has been gracing walls elsewhere in Harringay this weekend?

Tags for Forum Posts: graffiti, street art, sussex gardens

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That shipping container was one of my landmarks for knowing how far down Green Lanes I would come out - it's disappeared in the last week or so.

I am pleased to say that the item was removed two days ago, one day after the Council wrote to me to confirm it would be done within three working days. I must say that's rather impressive! Thank you all for your interesting and helpful comments. I took this photo on Wednesday night on the way back from work.

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