An aesthetic disaster! The Un-painting and Re-painting of Doughboy Park (Update: May 23, 2013)

Green paint water-washed (?)  off.

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Then and now.

Paint It Black.

Then and now.

Thirsty?

All else . . .

. . . remains the same.

But, as the sign says, thank you Councilman Van Bramer . . . er, ah, uh, uhm...for what?   The cheap flimsy sign?  The painting fiasco?   Thank you for what?

Green Paint Job in Doughboy Park.

Shaw Hotel, Woodside, NY

Hair's to you!

Pondering the future.

To all my friends in Queens. Having a wonderful time in Brooklyn. The trip here went fine altho a bit bumpy at times. I've got a room with a great view. The neighbors are nice and quiet and lot of tourists come to visit. Wish you were here! Best to you all...Civvy V. PS The "girls" say hello too.

While you slept: Saturday, December 15, 2012. The execution and removal of "The Triumph of Civic Virtue" from Queens Borough Hall.




The gallows: Queens Borough Hall.

 



The hearse awaits the body of Civic Virtue.

 



Workers ready the execution site.

 



Civic Virtue stoically awaits his fate.

 


No reprieve.




Behold!  This is Queens.





The undertakers receive the corpse.

 



Guiding the coffin to the hearse.

 




Identifying the victim.

  




Queens officialdom blesses the event.


The funeral procession of the Queens statue - and ideal - of Civic Virtue
procedes to a cemetery in Brooklyn.