NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — July 30, 2014 — Fish don't usually swim through the trees, but that's exactly what the cod are doing in the North End.
The cod featured in one of the city's newest murals, that is.
"School of Cod" is the name of the design along the large walls under the Interstate 195 overpass that crosses Belleville Avenue at the corner of Kenyon Street. It was the winning design in a contest organized by the New Bedford Public Art Committee, submitted by city artist Alex Jardin.
The design features a school of cod and bluefin tuna swimming through a sea of elm trees.
Jardin said he isn't an artist, per se — he just likes to draw and paint.
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