From her Midtown retirement home, I have no idea why my Grandma likes going to the Eastside to shop for groceries . . . But today I took a few photos while I was helping her.
Apparently, the Anarchists have laid claim to a bit of Hyde Park.
I got another tip about another protest at a School Board Members home and I decided to take my Grandma on a bit of a detour down Troost . . . I don't even know if I ended up at the right place but I thought the contrast in these photos made them worth posting. Meanwhile, my Grandma simply grew impatient that I was taking time away from her making her usual holiday heart clogging special: Ham hocks and tamales - It's a Latino Eastside Classic.
Anyhoo . . . Here's some more photos of a nice looking street in Hyde Park defaced by white people who didn't guide their reading during college.
Ah, the lame-ass anarchy symbol that also substitutes for a personality or a sense of style.
Yeah, I think this is supposed to be threatening to last remaining members of Kansas City's upper class . . . However, the fact that "Rage Against the Machine" music was somehow involved in this minor bit of childish tagging makes it seem more like skaters pouting because they slipped on icy streets. Meh.
i wonder if these guys know anything about it
ReplyDeletehttp://www.crossroadskc.org/index.html
Where's my beret and turtle neck.
ReplyDeletebad news for the "crossroads" infoshop that's now at 31st and Troost. I'd start looking there for suspects.
ReplyDeleteLolz at the sk8tr remark. This does seem pretty weak, prolly some spoiled rich kid acting out but not brave enough to head to some true tagging spots, like oh near 63rd & Troost.
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ReplyDeleteWell I hope they clean that off of there. I'm not against Revolution, per se, but that's one of the last standing monuments to Arthur Stilwell in this city (if you don't count the Kansas City Southern Railway), named for a Dutch backer of the aforementioned railroad, in the days when it was called the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf, before it was stolen away from him by the "Big Money Trust". Maybe he would approve, after all.
ReplyDeleteTrust Leigh Ann to know her KC history.
ReplyDeleteHey that is where Bishop Finn lives maybe they were talking to him...
ReplyDeleteIf there is a civil war I am sure the h8ers that did this will be in Canada riding it out.
ReplyDeleteDear rich,white,young "anarchists",
ReplyDeleteThere is an elderly, African-American gentleman who is the caretaker, handy man, and groundskeeper at Janssen Place. He has been doing this for over 30 years. His name is Henry. I see him working nearly every morning (before you are even out of bed)on my morning walk. It will probably be Henry who has to be out in the cold scrubbing off your idiotic "message". Now, aren't you so proud! Please let us know when we can expect the "civil war". I'll be fighting on Henry's side.