Mural to Fight Graffiti


Mural, originally uploaded by Melvin Tan.

Business in Edmonton use murals painted on the back of their buildings to combat graffiti. In fact, some businesses even use graffiti taggers to paint their murals so that there is pride in their work. It seems to have worked so far. This approach started when the City started issuing fines to business owners who did not address the graffiti problems. This caused uproars as the victim was being penalized for somebody else’s crime.