Artists camped at Occupy L.A. -– and there are many -– now have a new canvas: a large wooden plywood barrier built to protect a historic fountain outside City Hall.
Shortly after the plywood went up Tuesday morning, protesters took to it with spray paint, drawing pictures and scrawling slogans like, “Natives Unite,” and “No Borders.”
The white marble fountain was built in 1933 and restored in 2006. It is dedicated to Frank Putnam Flint, a U.S. senator who helped spur construction of the …
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