The ugly mural on the CTA Red Line tracks over Morse Avenue in Rogers Park has just gotten uglier.
The Bench caught "artist" Damon Lamar Reed in the act of painting ads on the east and west side of the overpass. The mural was painted last summer. Why the additions today?
I asked him, "Hey Damon! How much did you pay for this advertisement?"
"It's not an ad,"
he said.
"It's got your name and number on it,"
I said.
"It's not my number, so it's not an ad,"
he said.
Okay, so if you see a big billboard with, say, just the word "Nike" on it, according to Damon Lamar Reed it's not an ad because it doesn't have Nike's phone number on it?
When he finished, he dumped something into the sewer. Paint? Paint thinner? Was it environmentally friendly?
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The ugly mural on the CTA Red Line tracks over Morse Avenue in Rogers Park has just gotten uglier.
The Bench caught "artist" Damon Lamar Reed in the act of painting ads on the east and west side of the overpass. The mural was painted last summer. Why the additions today?
I asked him, "Hey Damon! How much did you pay for this advertisement?"
"It's not an ad," he said.
"It's got your name and number on it," I said.
"It's not my number, so it's not an ad," he said.
Okay, so if you see a big billboard with, say, just the word "Nike" on it, according to Damon Lamar Reed it's not an ad because it doesn't have Nike's phone number on it?
When he finished, he dumped something into the sewer. Paint? Paint thinner? Was it environmentally friendly?
RELATED: CTA Delays Murals, Breaks Promise
