GMW "Community Building-Legal Graffiti Art"-Toronto, Canada

Thanks to Zion at Bombshelter, Toronto, ON Canada, Croft St Laneway Revitalization, Harbord Village Residents Association, Michael Heydon, Harbord BIA, Neil Wright, Molly Johnson, KALE, BOOLEEP, Viviana Astudillo, Community CAVE, Jowi Taylor, Six String Nation Guitar, 7th Generation Image Makers, Lurdes Cruz, Nancy Peters of Probation Services, Portuguese Community Centre, Heidi, Danielle, Michelle, Jason, Chuck, Orlondo, and the entire team from the Argos Foundation, Toronto Police Service Chief William Blair, Inspector Heinz Kuck, Inspector Bryce Evans, Superintendent Ruth White, Staff Sergeant Frank Besenthal, Constable Mathew Crisp, Constable Shane Rolland, Janna Van Hoof, Style in Progress, 416 Graffiti Expo, MANR, MATR, ALPHA, Central Technical School, Central Commerce Collegiate, West Toronto Collegiate (special thank you to Maria Campodonnico for believing and continuing to believe in the kids), Karin Fuessel, GMW staff (all of you) Toronto Crime Stoppers Community Board of Directors led by Chair Lorne Simon, Toronto Crime Stoppers Coordinator Larry Straver, City of Toronto Parks Forestry and Recreation Department Allan Crawford, TorontoBMX, Michael Heaton, TIMMZ, TABS, Laser Eagles (your drive, determination and spirit drives us!) Arthur Lockhart, Leyla Bulcan, Paul Aiello, Sascha Tukatsch and the STD Effekt Band, Canadian National BIA Conference 2007, St Stephens Community House, Richmond Street Laneway Rivitalization, St Mary's ESP team under the leadership of Cathy Byrd, Youth in Policing students and organizers Melva Radway, Danielle Francis and Joanne Gooding, as well as all the civilian TPS staff who have helped out in so many ways...Michael Brown and the Harbourfront Mural Project.. HORUS, NEAM, SESER, CRUZ1, BUBBLEZ, PHADE, and so many more artists.., Scott Sullivan, Larry King and Fernando Aceto at the City of Toronto Municipal Leasing and Standards Department, the residents of Broadcast Lane..

A special thank you to all the property owners like Trevor Marshall and his family, Molly Johnson, Michael Heydon, Gary Burlacoff, Gary Duke, Glenn Hughes, Sascha Tukatsch, and many many more, who paid for paint, and gave their consent...You truly have made a difference in the lives of kids..

and Mike Young from Ottawa (and Pat too!) ... it has only just begun..

"GRAFFITI-COMMUNITY BUILDING"

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[ethanolinger]

makes me sick to see residents calling it vandalism when its illegal but art when its legal yet its the same thing

[joemarie177]

fuck legal graff

[NativeGhost1]

Is this the only cop that realizes graffiti is good, wow! He could be a majore help in the movment haha

[sighTphotography]

fucking stupid, most toronto buildings look like shit and we graff artists are giving the community free art. It makes the shity buildings look nice

[gunsguns389]

whatever you do someone out there is going to be writing on a wall

[krinkdink]

@joemarie177 fuck you

[GRideBounca]

@joemarie177 dosent matter its about advertising mf get some graffiti knowlege

[tictacapocalypse]

that police officer rules. i wish there was any cops like that around here.

[tictacapocalypse]

@DClean this. best comment

[jakewareham]

bill blare is a faggot!

[buffnshine]

its a crime to paint other peoples property if you paint property that does not belong to you. you are going to jail. duh. dont touch other peoples property. your mom taught u that. oh ya, u dont know ur mom