speaking of Fox, there still was very good pub in the pair of stories that aired. I'll copy the link in this thread (I had just showed them to a friend who came over and visited; I also showed him the Arcade itself). Listen to the broadcaster describing Riverside with the homemade scarecrow and the pretty yellow leaves in the background. She was enthusiastically using words like 'picturesque'.
One gets an OVERALL good impression of our town from those pair of segments. The smallness of the town begets a real opportunity for the townsfolk to rally to correct something vs the sense of powerlessness one might see in other blighted areas. So I think the end artistic product, the mural itself, as well as the process to get it done, give one good impressions of Riverside the town.
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/Riverside_Rallies_To_Remedy_Eyesore