Ian Curtis mural, painted over with advertisement, to be restored

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Would be Amazon…

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I was struggling to think who on earth would think this was a good idea, until I saw that logo.

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They still had to get permission from whoever owns that building.

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How did 42 years pass so quickly?

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Amazon kind of the experts of “legally okay, but morally wrong”

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Can anyone read the spraypainted in red comment on the covering ad? I assume it’s something like “Dumbass! You’d paint over a Banksy too!”

MONEY MONEY
will tear us
APART AGAIN

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And who are experts in knowing the cost of everything, and the value of nothing.
The ignorant asshat who signed off on this little exercise in cultural fuckwittery, I hope, had their employment terminated with extreme prejudice as soon as word got out.
It’s inconceivable to me that anyone wouldn’t know the significance of Ian Curtis to the whole region.

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