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On Thursday Jan. 7, Councilman Fernando Cabrera, representing District 14, joined the 52nd Precinct Community Affairs Unit and the NYPD Explorers in painting over graffiti that had been sprayed on the walls of the Kingsbridge Armory at the junction of Kingsbridge Road and Jerome Avenue.
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Speaking to the Norwood News after the bulk of the work had been completed, Cabrera, who is serving his final term as a council member and is currently running for Bronx borough president, said, “We’re right here at the Kingsbridge Armory. This was full of graffiti. News 12 reached out to us about all the graffiti that was here, so we got together – the 52nd precinct, [NYPD] Explorers, the young people came out, I came out, and we just covered it all.”
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The councilman continued, “Right now, the city does not have the graffiti removal [service], so this is the next best thing that we can do.” Cabrera said the group wanted to respect public buildings and honor them.
He said they worked on a large section of the armory wall all the way up to the end of the block. “These young people, they are making a difference,” he said.
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“This is so awesome, and this is us taking care of our community. This is awesome, man. If we don’t take care of it, who’s going to do it? And so, everybody here [is] making a difference. God Bless.”
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Uhhh, nice gesture but it doesn’t look that great and you’ve provided blank white canvases for future graffiti artists. You know what would have been cool? Restore the natural brick, but create large white canvases on top at certain points for street artists to paint murals around the outside walls.