Duck and Bluebells

Two of the footbridges over railway lines in York have been plagued by graffiti for some time, despite various attempts by Network Rail to get rid of it.

The latest idea has been to employ an artist to decorate the bridges and hope that the graffiti artists leave the new decorations alone.

This is the first bridge to be treated, with various nature themes being used. I rather liked the use of a duck silhouette to frame the daffodils.

This bridge is to the south of York railway station and links Love Lane and Barbara Grove. It will be interesting to see if the new artworks deter those who have decorated the bridge with rather less pleasant images in the past.

I don't know if the second bridge, near York District Hospital, has been done yet, but I will be keeping a watch to see when it is done. The theme there will be the NHS.

Ian

[Casablanca]

Fascinating alternate way to fight graffiti vandalism

[Peter H]

I think it's a great idea.

[Peter Dulis]

nice

[Nina Ganci]

beautiful street art

[carol white]

Lovely artwork

[Margaret Brown]

Nice idea and artwork!!

[gloria jones]

Nice capture of this neat artwork

[Babs]

I love street art but tagging graffiti is just so awful. Glad somebody is trying to encourage street art to take the place of taggers.

[Kerri Michaels]

cool

[Wylie]

its very colourful, this idea has certainly worked elsewhere

[Kathy A]

I’m sure the bridge looks so much better now

[Fisher Family]

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Thank you all for your lovely comments, they are very much appreciated.

I'm looking forward to seeing how the bridge near the hospital will be decorated.

Ian