The skies were a little smoky and the streets were still open to traffic, but something new was clearly happening in Historic Downtown Springfield in late summer of 2022. Dylan Boye captured the mood of that third gathering, on its new Friday Night in September — neighbors curious, a little unsure, but excited about what they saw happening in their home town. Axe throwing, one bounce house and some jugglers were pretty much it. Shots from A Street Alley include Bayne Gardner's striking bird mural, where community members filled in the petals of surrounding flowers and made the wall their own. That's the Block Party in a single image.

Gallery photographed by Dylan Boye Photography.

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