The Cyrus Avery Centennial Plaza in Tulsa has again been vandalized, including the LED-lighted Route 66 shield on the bridge, reported the Tulsa World.
Whitaker said public works crews sent out to review the damage also found graffiti on two concrete pillars supporting the skywalk. In the plaza, 14 of the 16 ground-level lights that illuminate the flagpoles had been smashed.
Public works painted over the graffiti on Monday. By Tuesday, another pillar had been defaced.
“Our team has been great to get out there and cover that up right away,” Whitaker said.
The City of Tulsa said it is now considering a security-camera system to prevent future vandalism.
The plaza will be the eventual site for a Route 66 museum.
What a shame. I hope the city of Tulsa does invest in a GOOD closed-circuit camera system…one that captures a high-definition image so the “perps” can be put on TV and be identified, and once apprehended, they should serve 500 community service hours cleaning grafitti around town. Seems juveniles get off too easy these days.
All of that spray painting and graffiti always has reminded of dog’s marking their territory on fire hydrants, posts and anything that’s not moving. Poor old Cyrus Avery is getting a taste of a country very different from back in the day when he was around. They’d probably spray paint him if he stood around long enough. I’d recommend getting a security camera as Ron Hart noted, and maybe have the police pop in now and then.
Oh man, that just sucks! The damage can be cleaned up, but it’s the mentality of the folks who perpetrated the damage that really disturbs me. Makes me sad.
It’s ashame we can’t put some kind of electricution zappers out there or something and zap the little buggers? It’s sad that we’re now in the 21st Century, and almost everything but technology, is worse than it’s ever been…
Well, electrocution means a fatal shock. So I don’t think that’s a viable option.
As for vandalism, it was definitely worse during the 1970s. The good ol’ days weren’t always good.