ANTIQUE CARS
This mural, located near the intersection of Kirkwood Highway and East Cleveland Avenue on the CSX railroad overpass, announces that you are now entering the City of Newark. The project was coordinated, and the mural designed, by Terry Forman in relation with was the Design Committee of the Downtown Newark Partnership. Funding was provided by the City of Newark and through generous contributions from the community. The images of people walking, dancing, and drag racing in their sports cars came out of community responses to a questionnaire about what it was like to live in Newark. Ms. Forman was the primary painter and according to her it is an on-going project, with frequent touch-ups required.
Source of information:
Forman, Terry. Executive Director, Newark Arts Alliance. Personal conversation on May 12, 2009 at the Newark Arts Alliance by students in Veness' Geography 315 class (Spring 2009).
Sketch of three boys courtesy of Terry Forian.
Links to additional materials:
Newark Arts Alliance website: http://www.newarkartsalliance.org/
Downtown Newark Partnership website: http://newark.de.us/downtown/
City of Newark website: http://www.cityofnewarkde.us/
