We lived in Maplewood, New Jersey and almost every town had a commuter train station in the center of town. The trains for all the people who went into New York to work. Anyway, under these stations, there were tunnels so people could walk under the tracks to get to cars, or walk home, etc. This is a picture of Valerie. Her art teacher at school was asked if some of her students to jazz up the tunnels and paint murals. Small groups of students submitted ideas and when they were approved, the students got to go over and paint the walls. Val and her friends painted an undersea world. This is just part of it. I know there was a red lobster there somewhere. Their mural was on both sides of this stairway leading down from the parking lot. Really a wonderful achievement. Over the years a few of the ladies and I went over and touched up the murals, or added new ones in some of the other places. That's when I did the Amish quilt. The walls were sometimes targets for grafitti, which we scrubbed out, or painted over. Also, the dampness ruined small patches, which we repaired. I did this for years, until we moved away.
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