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With Glowing Hearts We Kill the Arts (subtitle: How the Olympics Wreak Havoc on the Host City)

February 13, 2010

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link to an article on how a mural wall on Beatty Street in Vancouver was wiped out by the Olympic/gentrification machine. The comments posted with article express the frustrations the community is having with the corporate spectacle.
http://www.straight.com/article-280338/vancouver/antiolympic-paintings-appear-where-beatty-street-murals-once-dispalyed

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