Sometimes you get the feeling it makes no sense to spend big money on public improvements as long as vandals and vagrants remain free — and motivated, if that’s the right word — to ruin them with spray paint and trash.
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany Station, Pacific viaduct, Station-Swanson path, vagrancy, vandalism
Tags: Albany Station, Pacific viaduct, Station-Swanson path, vagrancy, vandalism
If you build a wall, somebody will spray it
The south leg of the walking and bike path between Albany Station and Swanson Park was built in 2015. Ever since then, the concrete blocks of the path’s retaining wall have proved irresistible to vandals with their spray cans.
Tags: Amtrak, graffiti, Station-Swanson path, Union Pacific