This optimistic slogan just seems like a bad joke. It’s attached to the front of this long-vacant glass palace in Downtown. The “Building A Brighter Future” slogan sits above the entry to the one-time food court and restaurant space of the long-gone 6th Street Marketplace, a failed Downtown shopping mall, most of which was torn down. This section, which survived, has been closed for at least seven years, with no indication city officials are actively marketing the space. For several years, private developers offered proposals to transform the building into apartments, but the city showed little interest and nothing came of the ideas. So, for now, the brighter future remains on hold.

To this youngster's delight, Washington quarterback Robert Griffin III signs Destani Bailey's jersey Saturday during Fan Appreciation Dy at the teams's training camp in Richmond. The team will hold its final practice at the facility Monday, Aug. 11. Location: 2401 W. Leigh St.

Drummers from the Ephesus Richmond Seventh-Day Adventist Church play upbeat music at a National Night Out event at Oak Grove Playground on South Side.

Children have a bubblicious time at a National Night Out event at J.L. Francis Elementary School on South Side.

Bright hibiscus faces on North Side.

Officer Richard Chappell seesaws with children at Oak Grove Playground on South Side.