Why Philadelphia’s murals are not vandalized more often
“Anyone can go up to a mural at any given time and deface it, but people just don’t,” Golden said. “Only about 5 percent of the murals that we have have been defaced.”
The mural "A Tribute to Frank Rizzo" in the Italian Market is vandalized Saturday, August 19, 2017, two days after the Rizzo statue at the Municipal Services Building was spray painted. The Rizzo mural, created in 1995 by artist Diane Keller, is one of the most frequently vandalized murals in the city’s Mural Arts Program..Read moreDAVID SWANSON / Staff Photographer
