{"id":444640,"date":"2026-11-01T23:40:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T23:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/444640\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T23:40:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T23:40:35","slug":"fort-myers-landmark-vandalized-at-art-center-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/444640\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Myers landmark vandalized at Art Center | Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK)\u2014Someone spray-painted the exterior columns of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbdac.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sidney &amp; Berne Davis Art Center<\/a>, damaging part of a historic Downtown Fort Myers landmark Friday according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1Lgnpkb9Ab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook post by the Art Center.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The art center said that it discovered the vandalism on the building\u2019s exterior columns. It said the damage involved spray paint on the historic property.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were saddened to discover that someone recently vandalized the exterior columns of the Sidney &amp; Berne Davis Art Center with spray paint,\u201d the art center said.<\/p>\n<p>The center said the damage went beyond what might seem like minor graffiti. It said the columns are made of historic limestone and require specialized care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile graffiti may seem like a minor act of vandalism, the damage to a historic building can be far more significant,\u201d the art center said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur columns are made of delicate historic limestone that cannot simply be painted over or cleaned with conventional methods. Removing the paint requires specialized care to avoid permanently damaging the stone,\u201d the art center said.<\/p>\n<p>Built in 1933, the Sidney &amp; Berne Davis Art Center has been part of Downtown Fort Myers for more than 90 years. The center said preserving the landmark remained a serious responsibility because the building is part of the community\u2019s shared history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are working with the city to determine who is responsible and are consulting with professionals to determine the best methods to clean and restore the damages,\u201d the art center said.<\/p>\n<p>The center said the vandalism created added challenges and expenses as it cared for the building. It thanked people who helped preserve and protect the Fort Myers landmark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK)\u2014Someone spray-painted the exterior columns of the Sidney &amp; Berne Davis Art Center, damaging part&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[77944,173199,209,211,210,265,9189,28,897,40222,12287,49068,130358,173200,8073,37753],"class_list":["post-444640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-art-center","tag-art-genres","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-crime","tag-crimes","tag-florida","tag-fort-myers","tag-graffiti","tag-missouri","tag-paint","tag-spray-paint","tag-the-columns","tag-vandalism","tag-visual-arts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}