A crude pothole graffiti tactic got Portland’s attention. Please don’t copy it, officials say

Well, that’s one way to get the Portland Bureau of Transportation to come quickly.

Guerilla graffiti artists drew phallic images around two protuberant potholes on Northeast 21st Avenue, near Northeast Multnomah Street. Their artwork caught the attention of Portland Reddit users and nearby apartment dwellers had a bird’s eye view of the priapic murals over the weekend.

By midday Monday, in a happy ending for the neighbors, the graphic decorations were gone and the potholes were filled in, Portland Bureau of Transportation Communications Director Hannah Schafer said. Shafer conceded that the 21st Avenue potholes were prioritized for cleanup because of the graphic drawings…

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