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atear · May 9, 2006 at 10:58 am
This is cross-posted from Urban Planet’s discussion on graffiti in Providence…
A quick Google search turned up the following nice resources:
Locally:
Providence Mayor’s Anti-Graffiti Hotline
City Hall, First Floor
Phone: 1-800-824-4377 or 1-800-TAGGERS
Separately, I found this number as well…
Graffiti Anti-Graffiti Patrol 421-7740 x 300
I’m not sure what the difference is…
Since its inception in September 1993, the Mayor’s Anti-Graffiti Network has removed more than 15,000 graffiti “tags” across the city. The Anti-Graffiti Patrol is dispatched by radio and removes paint with an airless paint sprayer, or with high pressure water and sand called hydrosanding, or with soluable chemicals.
Removal advice and resources:
http://www.graffitihurts.org/community_resources/removal.cfm
Suggestions from Burlington, VT (one of my favorite cities):
http://www.ci.burlington.vt.us/city/graffiti_removal.html
Tips from Minneapolis, MN:
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/graffiti/removal-tips.asp
Tips from Columbus, OH:
http://refuse.ci.columbus.oh.us/graffiti/tips.htm
A pdf of a report of safe removal products:
http://www.newdream.org/procure/Graffiti.pdf
Some local companies with services:
http://www.instabrite.com/graffiti.htm
http://www.newenglandsodablast.com/about.nxg
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