The side-effects of beautifying a city
Signwriter Michel Favre has been commissioned by the city of Geneva to decorate the 1,000 electricity distribution boxes around town in stages. As works of art, they have been vandalised less and see less graffiti. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)
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