Graff Artist-Global TV-"Need For Public Space"+ R.I.P. ALFA

Teen graffiti artist interviewed by Anthony Robart of Global TV on the need for public space. The father of a teen who painted ALFA has repeatedly called for legal spaces for youth to do graffiti art since his son was killed by a train in Toronto doing an illegal graffiti tag. This interview is being recorded in front of a garge door painted with RIP ALFA by the homewoners son, a friend of ALFA. The garage door art work is not buffed during Croft Street revitalization projects ongoing for four years involving the community and the police.

CROFT STREET GRAFFITI PROJECT '08
http://YouTube.com/LegalGraffitiArt

Saturday, October 18, 2008, 10 a.m., − 4 p.m.,
Croft Street (south of Harbord Street, north of College Street between Borden
Street/Lippincott Street)
Croft Street Graffiti Project
Broadcast time: 05:05
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Crime Stoppers
416−808−7260

The Harbord Village Residents' Association, Central Technical High School Art Program, 14
Division School Watch police officers, Humber College Police Foundations Students working
with CSI Community and Community CAVE will team up with the Toronto Crime Stoppers
Community Youth Officer, property owners, and graffiti artists to paint over vandalism graffiti,
and do legal graffiti art murals in the Croft Street Laneway.
The attached photo is the meeting place and home of the Harbord Village Residents'
Association graffiti coordinator Colin Furness. It will be the meeting place for volunteers at 10
a.m. The street address is 150 Borden Street at the rear (backs on to Croft St). The legal
graffiti art mural on this garage was done by respected legal graffiti artist HORUS in past
graffiti events on Croft Street.
The media is invited to attend at any time of the day.
At noon, Inspector Bryce Evans, 14 Division, and the Crime Stoppers International 2008
Student of the Year, Legal Graffiti Artist BUBBLZ (Kedre Browne) will be in attendance to
speak to the media about Graffiti as a "Community Building Strategy".
A Facebook event with more details, and comments from event participants as well as
property owners, can be viewed if you have a facebook account:
A link to the Crime Stoppers International Facebook Page can be viewed without a facebook
account. It includes videos and photos of the Crime Stoppers International 2008 Student of
the Year.
Legal Graffiti Art − Community Building Strategy, is one of the ways Crime Stoppers has
reached out to youth in the community to increase trust with youth. In 2007, a record number
of anonymous tips were received that prevent and solve crime as a result, and the numbers
for 2008 are even higher. For more information on Legal Graffiti Art click on the YouTube
account operated by the Crime Stoppers Youth Officer here:

http://YouTube.com/LegalGraffitiArt

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[TheBIGMACATTAKK]

legal graffiti is a bunch of fukkin bull shit. it defeats the whole purpose of bombin. R.I.P. ALFA

[dudeshutup2007]

Rip Alfah, One love.

[09Coozer]

@TheBIGMACATTAKK Illegal graffiti is full of tags and mostly sloppy throw ups, not taking anything away from it. There are just too many toys out there just trying to be basass.I don't see the point of anyone going to a legal graffiti spot and bombing it with your hand-style. Because that's for the streets and gets you absolutely no street cred. There only difference from a piece being under a bridge and on a legal wall is that more people will see it on a legal wall.

[79gvcb435gfbvch]

REST IN PARADISE

ALFA 

[badsantaohseven]

yo fuk this kid. if alfah was around hed smash his head in.

and I knew him so i would know.

[henny896]

R.I.P. ALFA!

[fUCkyOUbL0WM3]

where do they find these art fags?real writers don't cry about legal walls,grow some balls and go paint.Just go paint a wall and if anybody asks say its leagel,most cops and people won't say a word if its a full color.bombing is when you piss people off.......I'm a vandal not a fucking artist

[shanedude93]

kids thats what happens when you take too much drugs, you become slow.

[hillcrestG]

RIP ALFA

[FODASSEZOR]

Smash their fingers with hammers if they "revolt and endup doing illgal stuff."

See how long they keep it up

[lo0ser555]

haha yeah

hes trying to get peaple do legal