Summary: <p>PUBLIC VANDALISM OR PUBLIC ART?: Some see tags scrawled across walls and storefront gates as a public nuisance. Others see art and an outlet for local graffiti artists and creative youths. A few years ago, the District decided it would encourage the latter, launching a public mural program that co-opts local artists to create neighborhood murals. We look at official — and unofficial — art on the walls, buildings and overpasses around our region. (52 min.)</p>
