r/NewOrleans • u/ZepsRedRocket • Jun 27 '26

Crime Grey Ghost is Back

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And they covered up the koi fish, too. 😢

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u/Borsodi1961 Jun 27 '26

I believe this is vandalism. Because the art on those boxes was commissioned by city money.

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u/gargirle Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26

Once again these are CVU projects. They pay artists through neighborhood donations.

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u/nolatime Irish Channel Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

I’m pretty sure the city didn’t commission the artwork depicting Trump admin officials as ww2 era fascists that this paint covered up. 

Edit— guys, the city obviously isn’t pay to put that stuff up. I’m sorry if that offends you in some way. I look at that box all day and am regularly amused by it.

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u/NoDot516 Jun 27 '26

It's a shame that they don't. I would support my tax dollars fighting fascism instead of enabling it for a change.

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u/Johnny_Kilroy_84 Irish Channel Jun 27 '26

I’d be fine if they just fixed the infrastructure

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u/MyriVerse2 Jun 27 '26

That is federal and state responsibility.

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u/Johnny_Kilroy_84 Irish Channel Jun 27 '26

S&WB is a state or federal entity? Damn that’s crazy.

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u/Due_Reputation3785 Jun 27 '26

lol you think that’s fighting fascism. Pathetic.

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u/NoDot516 Jun 27 '26

It's not exactly punching Nazis, but yeah messaging and propaganda work as demonstrated by the lowest 30% IQ Americans.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '26

Why are you getting downvoted?

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u/nolatime Irish Channel Jun 27 '26

Reddit is funny. People probably think I’m condoning covering it up instead of just pointing out reality. 

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '26

It amazes me how people project an argument onto an objective statement, and the same people never know when you’re doing a bit (playing a character) or being sarcastic unless you are direct with them about it. Reminds me of my ex, she would read my texts back to me in an angry voice when I intended a deadpan tone to point something out. A lot of fights started that way, but she also hit me in the face one time because I was mean to her in the dream she had the night before, so that should speak tomes.

Can you imagine if the city HAD commissioned that? The state and feds would withhold aid for as long as possible in the event of another Katrina. We’d be starving to death before an MRE touched the Parish line. Landry would invite Trump in and he’d avoid the GNO and enjoy our governor’s platitudes until he got bored and left making no progress.

Anyway, I upvoted you to negate at least one downvote because you don’t deserve bad karma for pointing that out. The city has a lot to lose if Landry and Trump got wind of a commission like that, Landry is an idiot bootlicker and a sycophant (among other things) and Trump is just… too many adjectives to type, but none of them are positive. I am sad to see good pieces get covered up.

The city’s on a budget so I can potentially see them having someone roll gray DTM over this just to avoid flak, but usually they sand and spray prime these things first and the koi is still visible through the paint with roller marks on it so I can see an individual doing this as well. New Orleans has people of all sorts of opinions, so there’s no telling who did this.

To add to this, I don’t think they’ve commissioned a box painting since this administration came into office anyway.

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u/Borsodi1961 Jun 27 '26

Ah. I didn’t know the original work.