On 22 Feb, 13:34, Boltar wrote:
On 21 Feb, 21:46, "Jack Taylor" wrote:

The little ******* were recently active on the westbound FCC platform walls
at Barbican, tagging the brickwork again. Bad in itself - but TPTB have seen
fit to remove the "artwork", not with a high-pressure hose but with a
liberal application of cream paint, which looks equally as bad. Considering
the fine brick retaining walls at the station, it's a shame that the job
couldn't have been done with a little more sympathy. It looks bloody awful!

Wheres John Band to argue that deep down they're just misunderstood
artists wot 'ave a golden 'art an all luv their mums....


Well come on, you're hardly acting your part in this either - where's
the call for all potentially graffiti-able walls to be wired up to the
national grid, the subsequent frying being videotaped and made
available for all the maladjusted freaks of the internet to view at
their twisted pleasure?

(I can't speak for John Band, but I'm pretty certain you've
misrepresented his views quite significantly. It's quite possible he
won't deem your unconsidered comments above worthy of a considered
response.)


Isnt LU in charge of barbican station, not FCC? Perhaps it was just a
message to the idiot kids that their mess will just be painted over in
minutes rather than someone spending half an hour trying to remove it
(not always successfully) so theres no point bothering as no one will
get to see it.

B2003


LU is indeed in charge of Barbican station, and so I presume would
have been behind this (well, specifically Metronet, the infraco for
the SSL lines). I think your analysis above makes a lot of sense - get
rid of the graffiti ASAP by whatever means. However I understand that
there is an approved range of paints for covering up graffiti, and the
paint colour is supposed to broadly match the normal colour of that
surface (i.e. brown for brick walls), so it seems like something has
gone wrong here - maybe they simply had the wrong paint that night,
and it will change colour when it's painted over again soon.

I can't see why Network Rail or their contractors would have touched
the wall, given that it is an LU station - and even though FCC
Thameslink trains don't stop on the westbound Barbican platform at all
- it is out of use for the public, and just an emergency
disembarkation point - it is still part of the LU station, as can be
seen from the LU style signs next to the emergency exit.