Hartford working to clean up graffiti from eyesore office building NBC Connecticut [Video]

The City of Hartford is taking steps to clean up graffiti on the building located at 25 Sigourney Street. It says it was quoted $30,000 for the full removal of the graffiti by Off the Wall Power Washing Specialists.

“I definitely think it should lie on the owner,” said Joe Muro, of Glastonbury. “Whatever the city can do, I think they need to recoup their money; they shouldn’t be on the hook for that.”

The 15-story building has been riddled with graffiti for weeks. On Friday, a crew from Off the Wall Power Washing Specialists started working on the removal.

“So far we’ve removed all of the ground level graffiti around the entire perimeter of the building,” said Off the Wall Power Washing Specialists owner Joe Prue.

While Prue’s team spent several hours cleaning the base, getting access to the interiors and roof of the building has proven difficult.

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