PHOTO GALLERY: Neighbors bring pavement to life with community mural in northeast Salem

Armed with paint rollers and a vision for a corner of the neighborhood, a small group of neighbors spent Friday afternoon painting the first strokes of what will become a permanent roadway mural.

The mural – currently a geometric arrangement of pink, orange, yellow, green, purple and blue – is in northeast Salem at the intersection of Northeast 21st and Nebraska streets, near Englewood Park. The intersection will be closed to traffic through the weekend…