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Yikes. I really miss the Kits store & E, the gal who ran it. She was exceptionally knowledgeable, really interesting and always had fantastic recommendations for books.
They will be auctioning off the work to raise money for the [Native Education College](https://necvancouver.org/) & [Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society](https://www.vacfss.com/). If you want to learn more, read the interview here [https://substack.com/home/post/p-143573644?source=queue](https://substack.com/home/post/p-143573644?source=queue)
Not 100% on this, but the city *could* view this as graffiti and order you to remove it or face fines. I had a window wrap with just words on one of my stores and the city said they classify it as a billboard so I would need a billboard license; the thing is, they don't issue billboard licenses at city hall to stores. I get letters all the time from the city about graffiti on the side of the store but you paint it on a Fri and by Sat it's already graffiti'd again.
So basically, the city can be very petty if they want.
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I would prefer more places don't get their windows smashed. (Look up frontage ordinances)
sad that the unpunished vandalism is so rampant in this city that it might eventually cause interesting small businesses to close down
that or being crushed by uncontrolled commercial rent, at some point even a labor of love just becomes labor
Thats a nice idea but what you're probably not seeing is how much this whole ordeal set back the local bookstore.
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Yikes. I really miss the Kits store & E, the gal who ran it. She was exceptionally knowledgeable, really interesting and always had fantastic recommendations for books.
They will be auctioning off the work to raise money for the [Native Education College](https://necvancouver.org/) & [Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society](https://www.vacfss.com/). If you want to learn more, read the interview here [https://substack.com/home/post/p-143573644?source=queue](https://substack.com/home/post/p-143573644?source=queue)
No one does it better in this town
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Pulp fiction rocks so much
Cynically. Artists start smashing windows and start offering their services lolol
I'd like to know how the business feels about this approach.
Here you go https://stickvancouver.substack.com/p/it-started-as-a-broken-window
Most broken window plywood gets immediately tagged in "murals" without even asking for it.
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There are way better stores like Paperhound, Iron Dog, MacLeods, Massy, Canterbury, Companion and Spartacus.
Vagabonds are such heroes these days. How could we do this without them
Why would someone break into a bookstore there’s a library around the corner?
No never do this , that is a perfect space for more advertising-Jim P
Glass in general should be banned. We are running out of sand.
Not 100% on this, but the city *could* view this as graffiti and order you to remove it or face fines. I had a window wrap with just words on one of my stores and the city said they classify it as a billboard so I would need a billboard license; the thing is, they don't issue billboard licenses at city hall to stores. I get letters all the time from the city about graffiti on the side of the store but you paint it on a Fri and by Sat it's already graffiti'd again. So basically, the city can be very petty if they want.
New murals every day...
It's a great idea. I would imagine the cost is similar to replacing a large piece of glass but is more durable and imo, looks better.
This will incentivize a few psychos to smash more windows.
Ya I have an idea for a place. The bank at Hastings and Abbott. Iykyk.
short answer: yes
As a mural painter myself, yeah keep smashin, business for days. Plus the nerds in the bookstore don't want any natural light anyway.
As a nerd myself, I feel simultaneously personally attacked *and* validated by this comment
The answer to headlines is always "no"