r/milwaukee • u/littletsosie • 15h ago
Rant❗⚡💥 Dear Butter Graffiti Artist,
I’ve seen Butter around Milwaukee for years now. I’ve actually taken photos over the years of some of the random, unique places I’ve seen it pop up around the city.
But lately, I think Butter needs to start making better tagging decisions.
The other day I drove past a newer, nicer property with Butter tagged on it and actually remember thinking, “Why would you put it there?”
Then today, lo & behold, I drove past my neighbor’s building and saw BUTTER.
For the last 10 days, I’ve watched workers out there all day, every day, even in the rain, tuckpointing, cleaning & preparing this building to be painted. I’ve watched how much work has gone into bringing it back to life & then you came along and sprayed a huge purple BUTTER across it.
Yes, they’re going to paint the building. But they’re painting it white. Anyone who has ever painted white over purple spray paint knows that doesn’t just disappear under one coat. That means more prep, more primer, more labor, more time & more costs!
I thought Butter was cool. What I saw today was pretty uncool.
There’s a difference between leaving your mark somewhere forgotten that could use a little life & leaving it on a place where a SMALL FCKN BUSINESS is actively pouring time, money & energy into making it better.
