Originally published May 11, 2010 at 7:35 PM | Page modified May 11, 2010 at 7:40 PM

Mural near Woodland Park Zoo defaced again

Two years ago, the city of Seattle mistakenly painted over a mural of elephants, a frog, a monkey and other animals at the underpass at North 57th Street and Phinney Avenue North near Woodland Park Zoo.

By Seattle Times staff

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Heather Jenkins and her dogs Kenji and Ruby pass the graffiti that once again hit the underpass at North 57th Street and Phinney Avenue North, defacing the restored-in-2008 animal mural near the Woodland Park Zoo. "This is disgraceful," said Jenkins, who lives nearby.

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Pete Hall of Surface Cleaning Technologies, of Bellevue, does a test spraying on the underpass. The technique worked.

It had done so in response to a citizen who had merely reported some small "tagging" done to the mural — squiggly signatures by graffiti artists.

About a month later, after a neighborhood uproar, the city started to remove the gray paint and uncover the original mural by using warm water and volcanic crystals. The mural had been done in conjunction with Street Smart Art, a now-defunct program that channeled the energy of kids doing graffiti into legal venues. Graffiti has once again hit the underpass, but this time, it's being carefully removed.

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