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With emphasis on CHEESE.

Dump the greeting with a mural - The current font looks dated and out of place if we trying to modernize the city ... but the initial idea has merit and is an improvement.

If a snappy mural is done, I'm sure it would be a tourist attraction in a small way and would generate many photos and a landmark for locals

At least based on those renderings, I think the term "mural" is being generous. They look more like cheesy billboards. An improvement over the graffiti, sure, but I'm really hoping they end up way more artistic than what's shown in the 3 renderings.

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Sick! One of the hottest I seen.

This City of Jersey City press release (pdf) has a drawing of the mural I mentioned in the below post by Sue One. It looks great in person.

http://www.cityofjerseycity.com/uploa ... ses/Trestles%20Murals.pdf

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There is an unbelievable mural painted on the cement railroad trestle at Barbara Place and Grand Street. (towards Center St) Saw it this morning and was blown away.

It is a painting of an Indian Chief on a black background. The painter is named SUE.

Go check it out or maybe someone can post a picture of it here.

If anyone tags their name on that work of art they are not human. That?s goes for you ?D-BAG?.

By Sudip Bhattacharya | The Jersey Journal




Train trestles, which have always been the makeshift canvas of rogue graffiti artists, will be transformed into inviting "welcome to Jersey City" murals in an agreement reached by Jersey City and Conrail, city officials said.

The agreement with Conrail was sought after community groups, in particular, the South Greenville Neighborhood Association, pointed out to city officials that graffiti on Garfield Avenue trestles that greet commuters as they enter and exit Jersey City from Bayonne has been a chronic problem.

"We are excited to expand our mural project to include the train trestles that are located throughout the city and which are viewed by hundreds of thousands of residents and visitors daily," Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop said. "The train trestles for years have been a site of graffiti and we saw this as an opportunity to display the creativity of our arts community while also welcoming residents and visitors to Jersey City."

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