I chose to sample the Whittier Bridge that goes from downtown to Boyle Heights. It has panoramic urban views, a significant amount of tags and in the middle there is an area where the homeless usually sleep. In order to discover something new about this place I started sampling the colors of the tags. While doing that I realized that the color of the bridge (the background of the tags) was made of painted patches over the tags, and that there were obvious traces of the battle happening between the anti-graffiti department and the taggers. That battle was happening in the background, but it was larger than the personal battles between taggers.
Another interesting fact was the amount of crashes against the sides of the bridge. In a week three accidents happened, and I did a quick forecast of the duration of the bridge. But even if I am far from the real rate of demolition, I was intrigued by the notion of the bridge being regenerated almost the same way cells regenerate in our bodies.
