{"id":1410,"date":"2009-09-18T10:18:24","date_gmt":"2009-09-18T14:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yugflog.com\/?p=1410"},"modified":"2012-12-12T10:17:31","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T14:17:31","slug":"traverse-city-heart-graffiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/yugflog.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/traverse-city-heart-graffiti\/","title":{"rendered":"Traverse City’s Heart Graffiti"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Has anyone else noticed the heart graffiti that is becoming increasingly visible around Traverse City, Michigan? I searched the Record-Eagle website and on Google for any coverage of this graffiti phenomenon and found no mentions.<\/p>\n

If you’re a local resident or if you have visited within the last year and walked around downtown, you can’t help but notice dozens, if not hundreds, of six to twelve inch two-toned hearts painted on walls, posts, sidewalks, and other surfaces around the city.<\/p>\n

Personally, I like it. The hearts liven up otherwise plain spaces. If the city is deliberately ignoring the graphic decorations, I hope they leniency is not abused. Some decoration is clever and cute, but too much could become unsightly.<\/p>\n

Have you noticed? If so, what do you think of it?<\/p>\n

Update on October 11, 2009:<\/strong> I was quoted by Vanessa McCray in her Record Eagle article, “Someone Hearts TC<\/a>.” What I said:<\/p>\n

Chris Rogers of Traverse City blogged about the phenomenon, which he first noticed in a plaza off East Front Street.<\/p>\n

Since then, he has spotted the hearts frequently. Like others, he said your creations straddle “a fine line.”<\/p>\n

“I think it adds an interesting texture, and, fortunately, they are hearts and something not more controversial,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Has anyone else noticed the heart graffiti that is becoming increasingly visible around Traverse City, Michigan? I searched the Record-Eagle website and on Google for any coverage of this graffiti phenomenon and found no mentions. If you’re a local resident or if you have visited within the last year and walked around downtown, you can’t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,198],"class_list":["post-1410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-our-experiences","tag-michigan","tag-traverse-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/yugflog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/yugflog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/yugflog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yugflog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yugflog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1410"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/yugflog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3150,"href":"http:\/\/yugflog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410\/revisions\/3150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/yugflog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yugflog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yugflog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}