Grafitti: Roma

The Eternal City's Residents Fight Graffiti

By Stephan Faris

Writing a wrong Most public surfaces in Rome, like this wall on Via del Moro, are blighted by graffiti

Jacopo Quaranta

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On a blustery October day in the northern part of Rome, a group of nearly 100 volunteers spreads out along a leafy street and sets to cleaning. Pedestrian barriers are scraped free of rust and repainted in their original yellow. Old leaflets are peeled off walls. And graffiti, the group's main target, is either scrubbed away or painted over. "This street is the Wild West," says Paola Carra, who's overseeing the operation. "We need to maintain it ourselves. We can't wait for somebody else to do it."/.../