Walls
murals
and
knuckeheads
Hunter Park is an open area tucked away off of Van Zandt Ave. Not an easy place to find and even more difficult to find parking once you do find it.
The park is a lot larger than it first looks and has a playground, tennis and basketball courts, baseball field and large fields to run around in.
It also has a huge wall that separates it from Van Zandt Ave. This wall has been a magnet for knuckleheads that enjoy writing on walls. Some people must might glorify it by calling it graffiti but it's really just mindless, self centered crap.
The town got tired of painting over the graffiti on the wall and decided to find a more permanent solution. So they got a bunch of local artists to volunteer to paint a lovely mural on the 200 foot wall. All kinds of local Newport scenes are on the mural including, beaches, bridges and of course lighthouses.
The mural is stunning and beautiful and is a wonderful achievement. Hopefully the knuckleheads that enjoy writing their egotistic nonsense on public walls will have enough sense to be able to appreciate it. read more