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haha, i love them. I assume they, like the actual insect would come and go after the season is over. Assuming they leave it could be a little piece of education and fun.. It bets the question of why the cicadas come out now and what happens when they leave.

I could also be a fun year to year event. Where are they going to land next year? Hertel ave, along the Buffalo River. the Galleria Parking lot. I dunno, they don't seem like they would be permanent or destructive (aka not graffiti in my book) so it could just be something fun that happens at the end of summer... just like the real Cicadas.

If this was the worst graffiti that Allentown was made to suffer, then I'd be a happy man....plus, I can only assume that the artist has every intention of collecting these little buggers as the become weathered, and before they become litter.

How are any of you comparing these pieces of public art to graffiti? These are and have nothing to do with grafftti - it's like comparing apples and oranges.

I will have to visit these "little buggers" sometimes in the next day or so.

well sure you can paint already painted surface but when tagers or graffiti go onto other materials it becomes more of a problem. Look at all the concrete underpasses with tan or white square trying to hide the graffiti that was once there. Not pretty and generally it destroys the intent of the materials and that can destroy the aesthetic intent of a form or whole building. It is those cases where graffiti moves beyond artistic expression and becomes detrimental.

Take a look at the Allentown Athletics building right on Allen. It used to be covered with some interesting and nice art. It complimented the street and it was directly on the brick. Now because you can't easily remove the paint without damaging the brick finish the whole wall has been painted over in green. We lost the look of the brick and the graffiti.

Of course with everything it is just an opinion

I walked up Main Street this morning and some graffiti idiot tagged almost every building on the west side of the 500 block...yeah, it looked great (that's a joke).

This has got to be the stupidest waste of energy Buffalo Rising has ever run. How exactly are these creative, add to the landscape as much as a tree or window box, or add to the community.

This is piss-ass hippie stuff....

You might as well start running articles on when people clean their gutters or mow their lawn because there arent enough people doing maintenance much less painting little spots on insects.

Please....what good is putting a cicada on a building that has peeling and rotting wood, cracked bricks, tree shoots out of gutters or plastic/asbestos/asphault siding from the 1950s still on it.

Let me explain the difference....in the 50s people wore shoes and socks and hats, they maintained their homes with regular paintings, roofs, gutters, windows, screens, storms, masonary...because they and their home were judged as integral members of the community. No one wanted to be the weak link.

Let me explain the difference...in the 60s, barefoot, pregnant from porn, orgies or wife swapping on some self important discovery trip usually with drugs of some sort and making a difference meant daisys and panhandling and painting the buses they lived out.

Whoever thought of the cicada concept...is clueless...about the real world. Buffalo needs real things not painted crafts

I think they are great

If Weiner is against it, then I like it! I never thought I'd see the day I was anti-weiner. But that day is here.

Carl - "art" that damages buildings and cost owners hundreds or thousands of dollars to remove is in NO WAY comparable to "art" that can simply be pulled down at no cost and no damage.

Carl, Here is my favorite link to the beautiful art from the misunderstood artists:

Japanese Gardens

-Hope that works. http://www.wkbw.com/news/local/25922789.html

In a way this was recycling. The bugs are made of scrap pieces of wallpaper and the paint was all left overs from the bottom of the can. All of this stuff would have would up in the landfil linstead of giving us all a reason to smile.

Antiques_Allentown, their nice...and they should be sold in a shop but their not really worthy of an article in Buffalo Rising.

I dont know maybe you look at the dirt and decay and apathy and want to introduce some cheerful whimsy.

but there is one real way to lift spirits....walk down a street that is swept, plowed, period street lights that are lit, a street that is paved/cobbled w/o holes, clean streets and sidewalks, etc.

Furthermore, walk down the street and look around and nicely painted buildings, quality siding, clean gutters, washed windows, flower boxes and mowed lawns, etc.

Furthermore, walk down the street and see people dressed with manners and kindness.

Furthermore, walk down the street and see new construction and help wanted signs

Buffalo and Buffalo Rising need more than paper cicadas on buildings....though as I said they are great items to sell in the store.

Yeah! Let's hear it for "bubble man", he has yet to let me down...always generates a smile when I pass by and see the onslaught of bubbles...just wunnaful wunnaful.

maybe the graffitti artists should paint on canvas and then tape it to the side of the buildings too? ;)

@300miles - very true. I think that these cicadas are awesome. (Check your messages.)