Good, Bad, Ugly

The Good 
I went downtown about a week ago looking for the mural that was recently approved by the City Council, thinking it was going to be in the Queen's Courtyard off East Front Street. The alley behind the former First Atlantic Bank (now headquarters for Mario Camino's Arkad Group) was damaged in Hurricane Sandy but has been refurbished with a new sidewalk and landscaping. The adjacent wall had no mural, just signs of painting over graffiti.

Visiting City Hall later, I saw the mural on the side of the maintenance building and here is a photo:

 It is a very nice tribute to people who keep the city going. If I got it right, the images are an EMT, firefighter, police officer, utility worker and educator. I didn't see any artist attribution - more investigation needed.

The Bad (or at least Naughty)
No sooner does school start each year than some students start cutting or hanging out after school in, shall we say, inappropriate ways. I have seen groups of 10 come down the driveway in mid-morning to gather behind the garages next door.

These guys like to be up on the roof of garages that belong to apartment buildings on Crescent Avenue. They scattered when they saw my camera, thereby avoiding the patrol car that came down our driveway a few minutes later. Someone else had spotted them and called the police.

The Ugly

The closest market does not always have the best produce. I have seen moldy lemons, brown broccoli and bagged salads that look like compost, but the worst might be the celery that often has what look like baby slugs on the stalks. It makes me think the once-a-year Health inspection is not enough.

Hoping to have more of the "good" and less of the other to show you in future images.

--Bernice