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Lisbon’s Government Allowed Street Artists To Paint Graffiti On The City Walls And I Captured The Glorious Change In Scenery
The so-called 'street art' in Lisbon was getting out of hand. After a long period of cleanups, Lisbon City Council finally decided to acknowledge graffiti and urban art as a legitimate form of creative expression and facilitate, support and institutionalize it.
And this is the result! Lisbon became a much better place to take a walk or explore.
Things were getting out of control
You could wake up with your van like this
Things were definitely getting totally out of control
Until one day, urban art became sponsored by the City Council. Nowadays, you're free to express your creativity on the city walls and beautiful paintings are popping up all over the city
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Rodras Burton (Submission author) 7 years ago
Same city, different place. Reply3-5bc...6b16c4.jpg 
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44points
Stella Rose 7 years ago
It's my dream to live in a city where you're free to make art everywhere you go!
Rodras Burton (Submission author) 7 years ago
Same city, different place. Reply4-5bc...be39fd.jpg 
love life you only live once 7 years ago
stay away men she has the stuff worse then pepper spray she has spray paint
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Gobitha Thavarajah 7 years ago
This is me when I want to give up but also want to hold on at the same time!
Rodras Burton (Submission author) 7 years ago
Same city, different place Reply5-5bc...45612e.jpg 
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Rodras Burton (Submission author) 7 years ago
Same city, different place Reply6-5bc...844117.jpg 
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42points
Rodras Burton (Submission author) 7 years ago
Same city, different place. Reply7-5bc...a9e557.jpg 
Hendra Lim 7 years ago
these people really has no fear of heights while making these cool arts
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37points
love life you only live once 7 years ago
this perfectly captures the love between mother and baby! so cute! :)
Rodras Burton (Submission author) 7 years ago
Same city, different place. Reply8-5bc...941a5a.jpg 
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35points
Rodras Burton (Submission author) 7 years ago (edited)
...and on the other side we have: 1867!! Reply2-5bc...4e3990.jpg 
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33points
Rodras Burton (Submission author) 7 years ago
Same city, different place. Reply9-5bc...366d34.jpg 
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33points
love life you only live once 7 years ago
wow i wish i could do this but i would probably fail terribly
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30points
Night Owl 7 years ago
What's the story behind the red armless mannequin? Probably from the boutique and there's not enough place inside
Diabolic Sun 5 years ago
It might be more of an urban decor thing. It's not uncommon to see things like these on private apartment balconies in Tel Aviv, for instance.
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Rodras Burton (Submission author) 7 years ago
Same city, different place. Reply10-5b...a857c0.jpg 
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love life you only live once 7 years ago
all of feel,taste,see,and hear at the same time amasing
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9points
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Michael Doyle 5 years ago
Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Lisbon was pristine until austerity and half a million Portuguese fled the country to find work. Through the early 2000s, Lisbon was quaint, ramshackle in parts, but with enormous monies being spent on renovation and preservation. There was very little to be found on the city's walls other than original paint and tile. It was absolutely beautiful. Now, because of parents who can't control their children and vandals who pretend to be artists, the city and much of its local and commuter transit system is covered with gang tagging and protest graffiti. So much of it that they City Council just gave in, because they couldn't afford to clean it off anymore, and tried to turn it all into a tourist attraction. That's heart-breaking and pretty disgusting. These big murals are not what Lisbon looks like. Wall after wall filthy with gang tags and low-rent graffiti is how Lisbon has ended up. It's a total desecration of the city and its residents.
Michael Doyle 5 years ago
Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Lisbon was pristine until austerity and half a million Portuguese fled the country to find work. Through the early 2000s, Lisbon was quaint, ramshackle in parts, but with enormous monies being spent on renovation and preservation. There was very little to be found on the city's walls other than original paint and tile. It was absolutely beautiful. Now, because of parents who can't control their children and vandals who pretend to be artists, the city and much of its local and commuter transit system is covered with gang tagging and protest graffiti. So much of it that they City Council just gave in, because they couldn't afford to clean it off anymore, and tried to turn it all into a tourist attraction. That's heart-breaking and pretty disgusting. These big murals are not what Lisbon looks like. Wall after wall filthy with gang tags and low-rent graffiti is how Lisbon has ended up. It's a total desecration of the city and its residents.
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