Graffiti and Urban Renewal in Marseille

DATED POM


Originally uploaded by cudmore.

This POM paste-up mural covers two vacant store front windows at an intersection in Marseille were work is still going on to finish the new Marseille Tramway. A daily walk through the streets will tell you, the tramway has not made much progress since something like October of 2003.

POM pasteups appear on mostly vacant storefronts, usually depicting the original theme of the sign from the vacant store, say a bakery. I like this one because POM is representing the constant non-moving construction site, as permanent as an ancient sign saying this place is a bakery.

But this is getting all to academic. Good work POM. Keep beautifying the city of Marseille.