Orange Line
Graffiti Blasters owe it to street artists for their continued livelihood. The subculture here is so rich that businesses have begun to offer up their back alleys and brick siding, cashing in on a calculated composition and looking hip doing so. Missing from the exchange is the exhilaration of the art-form, the reclamation of abandoned and ugly spaces, graffiti’s raison d’être. Sorry Wicker Park, the true nature of the craft has a permanent home on the property adjacent to the Orange Line near Midway. Now if only the city was as passionate about removing pigeon leavings as they are graffiti…
Best of Chicago 2013
