Dale Avenue Community Mural

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Dale Avenue . Southeast Roanoke

This neat mural was designed by North Carolina artist Brenda Councill and drawn by local artist Scott "Toobz" Noel and painted by volunteers! I snapped this quick photo while waiting in the drive-thru yesterday at Arby's ;)

I came home and Googled for more info and found THIS news story which tells a little more about it like the fact that Toobz modeled it after the tree that is in front of the fire station right across the street, which I didn't know till now...So, I need to go back and get a pic of the tree and see if I can fit more of the mural into a picture as it is quite long!

The name "Toobz" might sound familiar to some of you because he's quite a busy muralist having created many around the area which I've shown you some HERE

Linking up with Monday Murals

A Pretty Welcome To Southeast

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Tazewell Avenue Southeast . Roanoke

Recently I had parked near this underpass to walk downtown...I had never noticed the murals before because honestly I usually use the parking garage and you don't really get a view of this side from there. I stood on the corner and snapped a photo for Monday Mural and really wanted to walk under the bridge for more pictures but it was getting late in the day and I wanted to get home before rush hour hit...so researching the mural for the artist and info I found THIS STORY written by a resident of Southeast and not exactly a supporter of the tax payer's money that was being spent to have this mural put up when his city is full of crime, what's a mural going to do to help? I completely see his point...then I also found THIS STORY on the mural and the artist and the whole project...I don't know, it looks nice but then it seems rather silly when your dodging bullets and the council members think art is the answer?