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Graffiti on Bandshell

A photograph of a wooden and brick wall with graffiti written across in black ink

Town of Aurora, 2004

A target for vandalism over the years, the Band Shell was re-painted in 2004 due to graffiti and damage.

Throughout the park’s history, when a permanent stage was built it would soon take on a second purpose as a home for shenanigans. As early as 1892 the local newspaper was reporting on the condition of a pavilion in the park and the ruckus that it housed.

The 1892 “Resort of the Roughs”

A black and white reproduction or a newspaper column with text only.

Aurora Banner, June 22, 1894