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Vancouver tackles graffiti for 2010 Games

One person’s street art is another’s nuisance. Katie Dangerfield, Daniel Hallen and Yvonne Robertson look at how new limits on…

By Katie Dangerfield , in Olympics , on February 15, 2010 Tags: , , ,

One person’s street art is another’s nuisance. Katie Dangerfield, Daniel Hallen and Yvonne Robertson look at how new limits on the amount and type of street art allowed during the 2010 Winter Olympics are making it difficult for artists.

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