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Syracuse Common Councilors approved $75,000 for a public mural downtown.
“You can turn this into a community-based thing that might be relevant to young people and enable them to understand the important background of these people who are featured on the mural.”
Welych and the rest of the commission approved the project this past week. Members noted it’s unprecedented because a citizen came forward with the idea for a civic mural here in Syracuse, instead of the artist. That citizen, Frank Malfitano, says this is a unique opportunity where people will be able to watch the mural develop from start to finish.
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They seemed like such a good idea in the 1950s.
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Editor’s Note: This article is adapted from remarks delivered by the author on March 16 at the University of Arkansas’s Clinton School of Public Service, in Little Rock.
Little Rock is a fascinating city. With its river and renovated warehouses and bustling River Market district, it reminds me a little bit of Pittsburgh, where I lived a decade ago when I was starting my journalism career. At that time, Pittsburgh was still the butt of many jokes, though determined city planners were starting to drive the transformation that’s made it so popular. Today, there’s a growing population downtown and tech companies are locating in the city once known for steel.
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Syracuse Jazz Fest Founder Frank Malfitano s latest project is the Downtown Murals Project. Hear him describe the figures depicted on the first work of art. He also tells WAER s Chris Bolt more about the project and its goals.
What if you were walking or driving downtown and were greeted by huge artwork on buildings with notable figures from sports, music, social change? That’s exactly what Frank Malfitano was after when he saw other civic murals.
“I saw them in New York, I saw them in Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, and I was really impressed. It’s really the contemporary art form of the 21st century. And I thought, ‘wow, these are great. Why can’t we do that in Syracuse?’”