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Old 11-19-2013, 01:47 PM
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This is the coolest concept I've seen in recent memory. Harmony of the 'city track' with street art is brilliant. Opportunity to draw unusual, uninitiated to AQU to see the works is another of the good ideas emanating from NYRA.

HOME: http://www.aqueductmurals.com/home.html

THE ARTISTS: http://www.aqueductmurals.com/artists.html

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Old 11-19-2013, 02:31 PM
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Old 11-19-2013, 02:44 PM
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It's a great idea. It's exactly the kind of new, outside the box, thinking that people rightfully complain Racing rarely employs. Aqueduct is a city track. It always has been. We mostly run during mediocre weather. If we're going to draw newer people, we need to think of who they might be, and how to make them aware of Aqueduct. I think it was a clever idea ( no, I had nothing to do with it ).
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Old 11-19-2013, 02:47 PM
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I like these murals more than the one for Paynter at Winstar.

https://twitter.com/WinStarFarm/stat...463936/photo/1

The idea was good given what they're going for, but it looks from any real distance like someone trespassed on the farm's property and tagged the place.
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Old 11-19-2013, 06:26 PM
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Are those bullet holes in the letter " U " ?
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Old 11-19-2013, 10:12 PM
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Are those bullet holes in the letter " U " ?
They look like nail holes for a horse shoe.
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