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Jersey barriers near JD Vance's Alexandria home become chalk graffiti shrine
I disagree with Alexandria Living Legend Pat Miller. This looks exactly like the work of locals. Several of the graffiti were done by children. I suspect that Pat is worried that the graffiti might be bad for business.
I base my remarks on personal observation of these Jersey barriers. Sunday afternoon was nice, and I went out for a walk. My path took me directly past these barriers and that park. Been there, seen these.
I disagree with many of the comments made to the article. I have not made any comments to the article.
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Jersey barriers near JD Vance’s Alexandria home become chalk graffiti shrine
By James Cullum
Published September 9, 2024 at 3:45PM
Chalk messages adorn concrete barriers outside Judy Lowe Park, which is near the home of Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance in Del Ray (staff photo by James Cullum)
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“NOT GOING BACK” and “CHILDLESS CAT LADIES VOTE” are among a flurry of chalk messages adorning the concrete barriers at a closed-off Alexandria park near the home of Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance.
Pieces of chalk have been left near the Jersey barriers at Judy Lowe Park (7 E. Del Ray Avenue), which is near Vance’s home in Del Ray. The messages have been made recently, as the city announced late last month that the park would be closed when Vance returned home from the campaign.
Pat Miller, an Alexandria Living Legend and member of the Del Ray Business Association, said that the messages were not left by local residents. ... “You can see from looking at these messages that these are not Del Ray people doing this,” Miller said. “We wouldn’t do that.”
This isn’t the first time that Republican leaders have been left with chalk messages outside their homes in Alexandria. In 2020, a large spray chalk message was intended for the outside of then-acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, but the message was sprayed in front of the wrong house.
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Jersey barriers near JD Vance’s Alexandria home become chalk graffiti shrine
By James Cullum
Published September 9, 2024 at 3:45PM
Chalk messages adorn concrete barriers outside Judy Lowe Park, which is near the home of Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance in Del Ray (staff photo by James Cullum)
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“NOT GOING BACK” and “CHILDLESS CAT LADIES VOTE” are among a flurry of chalk messages adorning the concrete barriers at a closed-off Alexandria park near the home of Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance.
Pieces of chalk have been left near the Jersey barriers at Judy Lowe Park (7 E. Del Ray Avenue), which is near Vance’s home in Del Ray. The messages have been made recently, as the city announced late last month that the park would be closed when Vance returned home from the campaign.
Pat Miller, an Alexandria Living Legend and member of the Del Ray Business Association, said that the messages were not left by local residents. ... “You can see from looking at these messages that these are not Del Ray people doing this,” Miller said. “We wouldn’t do that.”
This isn’t the first time that Republican leaders have been left with chalk messages outside their homes in Alexandria. In 2020, a large spray chalk message was intended for the outside of then-acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, but the message was sprayed in front of the wrong house.
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it's not like spray paint so I wouldn't be too worried about damaging the neighborhood's reputation. 
Jersey barrier
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Development and use
42-inch (110 cm)-high variation of the Jersey barrier
known as an Ontario Tall Wall, used to deflect vehicles
from crossing into the opposing lanes of traffic
Although it is not clear exactly when or where the first concrete median barriers were used, concrete median barriers were used in the mid-1940s on U.S. Route 99 on the descent from the Tehachapi Mountains in the Central Valley south of Bakersfield, California. This first generation of concrete barriers was developed to (a) minimize the number of out-of-control trucks penetrating the barrier, and (b) eliminate the need for costly and dangerous median barrier maintenance in high-accident locations with narrow medians – concerns that are as valid today as they were 80 years ago.
The Jersey barrier, also called New Jersey wall, was developed in the 1950s (introduced in current form in 1959), at Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey, United States, under the direction of the New Jersey State Highway Department to divide multiple lanes on a highway. A typical Jersey barrier stands 32 inches (81 cm) tall and is made of steel-reinforced poured concrete or plastic. Many are constructed with the embedded steel reinforcement protruding from each end, allowing them to be incorporated into permanent emplacements when linked to one another by sections of fresh concrete poured on-site.
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Development and use
42-inch (110 cm)-high variation of the Jersey barrier
known as an Ontario Tall Wall, used to deflect vehicles
from crossing into the opposing lanes of traffic
Although it is not clear exactly when or where the first concrete median barriers were used, concrete median barriers were used in the mid-1940s on U.S. Route 99 on the descent from the Tehachapi Mountains in the Central Valley south of Bakersfield, California. This first generation of concrete barriers was developed to (a) minimize the number of out-of-control trucks penetrating the barrier, and (b) eliminate the need for costly and dangerous median barrier maintenance in high-accident locations with narrow medians – concerns that are as valid today as they were 80 years ago.
The Jersey barrier, also called New Jersey wall, was developed in the 1950s (introduced in current form in 1959), at Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey, United States, under the direction of the New Jersey State Highway Department to divide multiple lanes on a highway. A typical Jersey barrier stands 32 inches (81 cm) tall and is made of steel-reinforced poured concrete or plastic. Many are constructed with the embedded steel reinforcement protruding from each end, allowing them to be incorporated into permanent emplacements when linked to one another by sections of fresh concrete poured on-site.
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