A few winter photos: Kwiz gets clipped. Chilling on the mainline. Dumpster dialogue. Geo still shining. Cold sunny day on the mainline. NYC in Ind.

“I’m Never No Good” character by Anx. Zoomed from afar, 2016. Icy and viney, 2022.

SUFR all Krylon hopper from the year 2000, Mono’s and Geo from 2003/04 (from the archive), and an ancient Cypha outline returns home in 2018.

Here are some low-quality smart phone pictures from Sept. 2024 using the flashlight option to document one of the dark tunnel spots. The photos aren’t great, and a lot of the stuff is dissed, but at least you can see what you’re looking at it. The SUFR fill-in is from 2013 and is over a SUFR roller from 2000. The Kwiz, “Skills Flow Like Ink” piece (under “Jesus Saves”) was still visible at the time of the photos, but shortly after it was completely covered, unfortunately. I’ll be making a separate post about that one. Also visible is Erie, Rest in Piece.

The “G” Street Bridge, originally known as the South Side Bridge was completed in 1932 and it was updated and modified in 1990. In 2024, the G-Street bridge was closed for an extended period of time to repair and resurface the deck, arches, sidewalk, and street. Much of the trees and brush underneath it were cleared, opening up ancient graff barely holding on underneath it all, as well as newer pieces and throw-ups. The repair work appears to be done, but I imagine the bridge will be repainted at some point. The epic “Dark Justus” production from the late 90s (Final Image) is still clinging to the surface as the sun and weather now rapidly deteriorates it (Images 9-13). The “Seal of Approval” still hangs on tucked away (Image 8).

Norfolk Southern is replacing the historic Whitewater River Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge that spans over the Whitewater Valley Gorge. According to the board minutes of the Richmond Board of Works meeting from Sept. 18, the replacement project by Hall Contracting of Kentucky, Inc, began in Nov. 2025 and will take about one year to complete. This bridge has been a fixture in the community for those who work, travel through, or explore the Whitewater Valley Gorge, and in recent decades, those walking or bike riding the Cardinal Greenway, on the former C&O line that travels directly beneath the former PRR bridge. The massive steel bridge has been included in hundred of photos I have take in the last 25 years. The original bridge was built about 1870, and the current trusses were built in 1902 on the original stone abutments (Source: https://www.bridgehunter.com/bridges/45986). It was originally a bridge of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad. I will be posting updates on this as demolition progresses, as well posting older photos I have taken or acquired. (Image 1: bridgehunter.com)

Here are some scans from the original negatives of a SUFR piece from 2003, painted with stock tips and domestic Rusto (most likely, fill: PT Jade Green, PT Grape, and AA Wildflower Blue, with a PT Sun Yellow forcefield, and Rusto Flat White Highlights). It was painted on the abutment of a concrete bridge/tunnel underneath the former PRR yard. Beneath the SUFR was a small three-color (Plum, Summer Squash, and Krylon Semi-Gloss Black) face character by SUFR, maybe an “SU”, and also a three-color piece by NEKO circa year 2000. There is also an ETC above the SUFR character, which was a crew name he and NURO started in 2000, but abandoned after discovering the Canadian ETC on freights later that year or so. To the left there is a “ME” fill-in, and a KWIZ piece, which still stands today, as seen in photo no. 5, from 11/30/2024. I’ve also included a photo of the spot with the left side of the SUFR character visible from year 2000. There is also a SZ (Senoz) outline visible over the already dissed “ME”, from even earlier 2000.

This six-story, reinforced concrete building for Starr Piano company was completed in 1920, abandoned in the 1960s, and subjected to neglect and deterioration into the 1990s. Local campaigns to save the building were unsuccessful, and it was demolished in Summer 2001. In the 1990s it was a painting spot and playground for urban explorers. The pictures here are from the Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) of a county survey completed in 2001, right before demolition began. You can see the heavy equipment in the background. The Kwiz piece and character were still visible on the left corner of the front face of the building. If you look closely on the side view you can see a Mize piece from the late 1990s, which was silver if I recall correctly, and part or a SUFR fill-in with a tag above it. The SUFR was black with a yellow outline, again, if I recall correctly, and it was painted late winter/early spring of 2000. [Photos: 1-5: from DNR SHAARD database online (in.gov/dnr/historic-preservation/county-survey-program/shaard-database), 4: Detail, with Mize piece, 5: Detail w/ SUFR fill-in, 6: Pal-Item article, 5/30/2001, pg A3, from Newpapers.com 7: The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram, Saturday June 21st, 1919, pg 3, from Newspapers.com]