I didn’t make it clear it was the same owner who agreed to letting the graffiti artist paint there who subsequently whitewashed over the art
I do see both sides and feel the owner didn’t do the right thing with the over night white wash
But I also feel the award is crazy high
I got little confused while reading and thought a new guy bought it and did the white washing. If this is the thing then the owner had got it done for free in the first place and he needed to pay.