http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2009/07/09/boxer-girl-controversy-continues/ D.C. Real Estate Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:57:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2009/07/09/boxer-girl-controversy-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-5824 Where Will the Next “Boxer Girl” Turn Up? - Housing Complex - Washington City Paper Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:16:01 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=7495#comment-5824 [...] A local news channel runs a story about their crazy preoccupations. The local listserv goes mad. [...] [...] A local news channel runs a story about their crazy preoccupations. The local listserv goes mad. [...]

]]> http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2009/07/09/boxer-girl-controversy-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-5331 Cronin Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:00:53 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=7495#comment-5331 There should definitely be a city-wide building code enacted to protect innocent passersby from this kind of blatant self-expression. Art has no place in public, where it can stir up discussion, debate or feelings of any kind. DC residents: if you don't like Boxer Girl, please flood your council member's mailbox with letters demanding that a costly extension of the housing code enforcement apparatus be implemented to restrict building exterior pigments to a thought-dampening palette of institutional grays. We have to think about the children, people. There should definitely be a city-wide building code enacted to protect innocent passersby from this kind of blatant self-expression. Art has no place in public, where it can stir up discussion, debate or feelings of any kind. DC residents: if you don’t like Boxer Girl, please flood your council member’s mailbox with letters demanding that a costly extension of the housing code enforcement apparatus be implemented to restrict building exterior pigments to a thought-dampening palette of institutional grays. We have to think about the children, people.

]]> http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2009/07/09/boxer-girl-controversy-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-5321 Art Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:58:53 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=7495#comment-5321 Does anyone know if this mural is actually legal? I seem to remember some controversy about the Madam's Organ mural being an illegal sign. Is the distinction commercial vs. non-commercial? Does anyone know if this mural is actually legal? I seem to remember some controversy about the Madam’s Organ mural being an illegal sign. Is the distinction commercial vs. non-commercial?

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