‘We Don’t Do It for the Glory’: The Workers Erasing Gary’s Graffiti

‘We Don’t Do It for the Glory’: The Workers Erasing Gary’s Graffiti

Bright pink and soft blue bubble letters stretch across the brick façade of the now-closed New Angel of Faith Missionary Baptist Church. The graffiti spreads across the building’s red brick and glass block windows, facing south toward Fifth Avenue, where cars and trucks rumble along the one-way street. Graffiti has long been a familiar sight across Gary — sprayed across vacant buildings, storefront shutters, highway overpasses, and utility boxes…