The mural in Bloomingdale which was painted over after complaints
For several days this summer, every time Meg Gray drove by Main Street in her hometown of Bloomingdale she became increasingly excited to see the progress of a mural being painted. It was the face of an older man that reminded Gray of the hardworking residents in her town.
She thought once it was complete, the black-and-white painting on the wall of a towing business would brighten up the downtown filled with a mix of older buildings near the river that her father would often call a hodge-podge. Gray had a hope that the street art would be the first of many along the borough’s dated downtown.