Every year again, the Rhine-Ruhr Transport Association (VRR) documents the condition of their stations in a station report. Again and again there is a need for improvement; IN 2020; 19 of 26 stations and stops in Essen were described to be poor. The main issue is named with graffiti smearings. German Railway has hired THE TOP NOTCH, a local graffiti artist to cast out the devil with Beelzebub.
In 2013 I started with a new hobby. In the beginning it was difficult to get reliable information how to find streetart in public space. In 2016, I had the idea of sharing my information with other street art enthusiasts and started my blog “Streetartwalks”. When I found out about this new street art community at the beginning of 2018, I was immediately on board.