Steve Lopez Points East
Ξ August 18th, 2008 | → | ∇ 90042, Highland Park, The Arts |
Last week, Steve Lopez wrote an interesting piece in his ongoing crusade to stamp out municipal stupidity. (Good luck in this town.) In any event, Paisano’s Market on Aldama St. became a point of neighborhood contention recently because of another Playboy Eddie and Ezra paint job. Read the article and make up your own mind but aren’t decorations like this one of the things that separate Highland Park from North Hollywood? I’m not making an argument for the technical ability of the two artists or even for their taste in color. Still, isn’t this better than the omnipresent graffiti or neglected buildings that really make up urban blight? I wouldn’t have these two guys come and paint my shed, but if Chico’s or the barber shop a bit north on Figueroa want to have cartoons painted on their businesses, I say let ‘em. We can worry about making this place look like Old Town Pasadena when that time comes. For now, I’m just happy to see business owners caring for their property.
For a very well written article with a different point of view, read here.
