A Tower of Graffiti Takes Center Stage In Downtown LA

A month ago, a trio of abandoned buildings in downtown Los Angeles transformed into a canvas for graffiti art seemingly overnight. In the last few weeks, the luxury apartment high rises across the street from the Crypto.com Arena and LA Live have been systematically claimed by anonymous taggers in the dead of night, with each leaving their mark in one of the many large windows that compose the facades of each building. [embedded content] via Piko 5uave Some have clutched their pearls at the buildings’ makeover, considering the graffiti vandalism and calling the state of the buildings an eyesore. Meanwhile, others have welcomed the transformation, making the point that the real tragedy is that three 53-story billion-dollar apartment buildings have sat dormant in the city’s center for five years and that artists bringing life and flair to the buildings is beautiful. It became a staple in Los Angeles, and I am grateful and honored to be a part of it. Fleat, graffiti artist One of the graffiti artists who took his talents to these buildings is a classmate of mine in my Sign Graphics course at Los Angeles Trade Tech College. He goes by the moniker Fleat and has been...