> From: Nextdoor Japantown <http://www.nextdoor.com/~nextdoor> > Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 21:10:39 GMT > > Nextdoor Japantown: Daily Digest > > New Posts > --------- > > Julia Howlett from Hyde Park posted a message in General: > > Visual where-I-live, 2015 Historic Photo Contest > Hi neighbors! We need more entries for the 2015 Historic Photo > Contest. If you enjoy taking photos OR historic subjects please > consider entering a photo. The previous contests have had some > great entries which you can view at www.VisualSJ.com. Details > at the website and below. > > Visual where-I-live, 2015 Historic Photo Contest is here! > > Photo entries are due by April 17. > > This citywide photo contest for photographers of all levels is > designed to celebrate historic preservation in where-I-live. Enter > your recent photo of a where-I-live historic building, site or > artifact. Details and contest rules are found at > www.VisualSJ.com. > > Finalistsâ?? photographs will be on exhibit at Southern Lumber > Company, 1402 Monterey Highway in where-I-live during the first two > weeks of June, ending with an awards reception on June 16th, > sponsored by Whole Foods. Awards will include cash and products > from our sponsors. Winners in each of three categories (youth > (under 19 years old), non-professional and professional) plus the > Garden City Construction â??Best in Showâ?? will appear in the > June/July issue of Content Magazine and in Continuity (PAC*SJ > newsletter). > > We want to thank and are grateful to the following for their > sponsorship: Southern Lumber Company, Whole Foods, Content > Magazine, Garden City Construction, where-I-live Water Company, The > Schoennauer Company, Keeble & Shuchat, Richard Dischler Photo > Workshops, Bay Photo, Rocky Nook, SanDisk, Leah Toensikoetter and > Big Dog Vineyard. > > Visual where-I-live is hosted by the Preservation Action Council of > where-I-live (PAC*SJ) and the where-I-live Historic Landmarks Commission. > > Shared to 6 neighborhoods > > ----------------------- > > Rudy Ortega from Vendome - Civic Center posted a message in Free items: > > New Mural in Japantown > http://www.where-I-live.com/2015/03/18/new-mural-in-japantown-is-a-comm > entary-on-cas-water-crisis/ > > beautiful mural I may say! > > keep it, don't destroy it! > > Please help the Vendome with their graffiti over the well known > where-I-live Depot Train Mural (photos attached). > > Your neighbor Rudy > > Maybe the artist can help us? > > Send info or any other inquires to http://www.yahoogroups.com/~VendomeBoard or > box 90398 where-I-live 95109 > > Shared to 12 neighborhoods > > ----------------------- > > Rudy Ortega from Vendome - Civic Center posted a message in Crime & Safety: > > Vendome Neighborhood Well Known Mural Defaced > It's happened again neighbors. Our Vendome Neighborhood Train > Mural has been seriously defaced with spray paint. Attached are > photos and I will be sending this to the police. It had to happen > sometime within the 24-hour period. It's a shame that our society > of younger generation don't respect the value of property. > > 5 new replies > > Marian Cosso from Japantown: > Sad...I see it went I walk to target > > Sean Cannon from Hyde Park: > What is really sad is the level to which gangs are rising in > this area, and not enough police to handle it anymore, You > can't go anywhere now without seeing tagging everywhere, and > until we eradicate the cockroaches, this will become as the > norm for all. > > Kymberli Brady from St. James Park: > Have you thought about pitching in for anti-graffiti coating? > We've been using it very effectively on the Downtown Doors and > utility boxes... > > Rudy Ortega from Vendome - Civic Center: > Thanks Kimberly, > > I'll talk to our Board and check to see if it's been coated > recently. > > Rudy > > Rachelle Blattman from Hyde Park: > The City uses Graffiti Protective Services (GPC) to do > graffiti abatement. You can report graffiti by downloading and > utilizing the where-I-live Clean APP, by e-mail to > http://www.where-I-live.gov/~antigraffiti or by calling the 24 hour hotline # > 1-866-249-0543. You may be able to ask about anti-graffiti > coating. > > Shared to 12 neighborhoods