Mural to Make Way for Building on Franklin Ave?

On Sunday, the Crow Hill Community Association sent out the following message: “After over 2 and a half years, our beloved neighborhood mural is being partially dismantled. We have just been informed by the developer of the site that they are taking down the Mural on the EASTERN PARKWAY side of the site. If you want your panel- you must come tomorrow morning at 8am to get it. Talk to Tom on the construction crew- by the way- he was nice enough to give us a heads up that they were coming down. If you are there they will do their best to take the panel down with out damaging it too much…. If you want a panel that is not yours- Ithat may be ok too….but check with the artist….If you can’t come at 8am- you can come later- the panels will be set aside for the day- they just might not be in great shape.” We stopped by the site yesterday afternoon, which is on Eastern Parkway and Franklin, and although a couple of the panels on the Eastern Parkway side had been removed, the contractors on the job said they would be put back into place because “we need to hide the site.” Murals are always wonderful displays of community creativity, particularly so at stalled construction sites, but when the mural does eventually come down for the 62-unit project that is in the works, a building with people living in it is always better than a neglected hole in the ground. Click through for a couple more photos of the mural as it was looking yesterday at 3:30 p.m.
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A section of the Franklin Avenue side of the mural, heading toward Lincoln Place

Another section of the Franklin Avenue side of the mural