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Mural honoring past and present St. James residents to be painted next month
St. James Plaindealer
Starting in early May, work on a new mural in St. James, along the east side of the Eyecare Center of St. James, will start, with former St. James resident Laura Murvartian commissioning the project for artist Yehimi Cambron.
Cambron is a well-known artist in Atlanta, and the two recently were in St. James on April 10 and 11, taking portraits of St. James residents of all ages for the mural. The mural will be Cambron s first work outside of the Atlanta area. [The theme of the mural] is how the community s legacy and how [it] poured into us, and now we are their legacy, said Murvartian. There will be more prominent portraits from the people that were engaged with our lives and were there from 1976 to 1986. And then we want to feature similar individuals of today s community the people that are engaged in the community today.
Posted12/15/2020 6:00 AM
The sights, sounds, and smells of the holidays are some of our most special memories. This is certainly the case for some longtime Elgin area residents when it comes to remembering the holiday seasons of the 1950s and 1960s.
It was a time when Elgin was one-third of its present size and seeing a neighbor or friend as you went about your daily business was a commonplace event. It was a time when locally owned department stores such as Ackemann s and Spiess dominated the downtown, and ice skating at Lords Park provided a Norman Rockwell-type scene.
Here are some cherished memories from a few Elgin residents. Readers who grew up elsewhere will certainly have similar special memories of their own.