Topic: Shutters Up

[irv_b]

I have noticed on my drive through intro London how the shop fronts in Brixton have their shutters artfully painted.
 I assume that the idea is two fold 1) as avertisement and 2) to stop the shutters being grafittised. I haven't noticed it in maby other areas of London and was wondering if it happens in other countries.
Bronica ETRSi & Kodak Ektar

[irv_b]

a few more. It is only the independent shops and I would say it would be about 50% of businesses have it (more thanI have pictured here ) done but it certainly gives a vibrant alive feeling to the area.

[jojonas~]

that's a great idea! seems like the kids respect these hired jobs and leave them alone like you say

[Terry]

I love the one on the bakery.  Must be a Brixton thing; I haven't noticed it anywhere this side of the pond.

[Indofunk]

I love the one on the bakery.  Must be a Brixton thing; I haven't noticed it anywhere this side of the pond.

Except Brooklyn

Yes, great idea, and I too love Brixton! One of the most colourful (literally and figuratively) neighbourhoods in London!

[Urban Hafner]

Very cool. I've seen this too in Grenoble, France where we lived for a while.

[Late Developer]

I saw some in Albuquerque when we were driving Route 66 in 2013.  To be fair, most were murals but there was no sign of the sort of criminal damage (some refer to it as graffiti) I see all too often when walking round some parts of London.

Actually, come to think about it, there is a fair bit of this type of artwork around the Truman Brewery end of Brick Lane - but there's a lot of the other stuff as well 

[Sandeha Lynch]

I've been into London once in the past twenty years so it was good to see these.  There's a good deal of shutter painting in Italy, these two from Bologna:





But a good number do get tagged on top.