Monday, February 15, 2010
The words "shout peace" adorn the top of the newly opened hotel The Oread Sunday afternoon. The painted text appeared sometime during the weekend.
The Oread, 1200 Oread Ave., was vandalized sometime during the weekend.
In white lettering on a blue background, the words “Shout Peace” are located high atop the north side of the building.
The vandalism occurred sometime during the weekend, but spokeswoman Patti McCormick said she didn’t know exactly when it happened or how the vandals got to the top of the building. McCormick said she believed paint was used.
McCormick read a statement from general manager Nancy Longhurst: “We are saddened by this kind of vandalism and hope it doesn’t happen again.”
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Vandalism visible atop The Oread
"We are saddened by this kind of vandalism" hahahaha
Vandalism visible atop The Oread
Very disappointing! I hope the Lawrence Police catch these criminals!!
Vandalism visible atop The Oread
I love it... they should leave it! That lump of a building doesn't fit in Lawrence anyways. The paint adds some character and brings it back to reality. Yay for "vandals"... haha. Now I'm prolly gonna have a KBI agent knocking on my door tomorrow...
Vandalism visible atop The Oread
This is so sad, we stayed there all weekend and it is wonderful! A very classy addition to KU !!!
Vandalism visible atop The Oread
Dang. I live by the Oread and don't mind the architecture. They definetly went with the campus-theme of a limestone building. There just isn't enough windows.
I saw the vandalism driving home one evening. I shouted "peace" to myself in the car.
thought everyone should know....
Vandalism visible atop The Oread
@minimalist54- hear hear!
im ok with the stone buildings on campus because i feel like it has the effect of making the building seem very "solid". but with the oread, its too tall and too lumpy and too finely shaped on the balconies for it to feel the same way. and anyone who's been around saw them putting the stone on the outside of the building, like a shell. kinda ruins the effect, for me.
Vandalism visible atop The Oread
You do all that work and take all the legal risk of trespassing up there to paint your message...and the best you can come up with is some incoherent liberal platitude: "shout peace." What the hell does that even mean?
Vandalism visible atop The Oread
Is that even limestone? It certainly doesn't look like any of the other buildings.
Vandalism visible atop The Oread
What did the graffiti even mean? I don't get it.
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