Urbana: Graffiti

2 January 2007 by Leave a Comment

This graffiti was scratched into the back of a closet door in the Park Avenue Mansion on Lafayette Square in St. Louis. There were quite a few of these scratchings on the back of the door, all from around the same time (they were dated).

Housing (graffiti)

It was quite interesting to me that the back of the door was not painted like the front — that the current owners, who have meticulously restored the Victorian mansion, left it that way. It reminds me of an NPR story detailing the scratches of graffiti in the American houses of congress.

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About pcNielsen
Paul Nielsen founded The Aesthetic Elevator late in 2005. He owns a piece of paper, located somewhere in his house (not on the wall), stating that he earned a B.F.A. from the University of Nebraska around about 2001. While there, he studied studied architecture, graphic design and ceramics, graduating with a degree in studio art. Paul presently serves as communications manager for a small non-profit doing their print design and marketing. He spends as much time sculpting in his studio as possible — which is not nearly enough. Visit his website at pcNielsen.com.

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