{"id":16479,"date":"2024-05-18T07:40:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T11:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=16479"},"modified":"2024-05-18T07:40:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T11:40:10","slug":"mural-makeover-effort-set-to-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/18\/mural-makeover-effort-set-to-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"Mural makeover effort set to begin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rick Sovine, owner of the Next Page Bookstore & More in downtown Decatur, spent his Friday doing some tuck-pointing of the building’s brick (see photo) in preparation for the makeover of the mural on the west side of the structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weather permitting, Samantha Hindenlang will begin work on the mural on Monday. The effort is likely to take a couple of works, or more, depending on the weather, Sovine estimated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sovine doing some tuck-pointing work<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The mural was painted on the west wall of the building to mark Decatur’s sesquicentennial (150 years) in 1986.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has been showing deterioration over the last few years of the 38-year stretch, so Rick and his wife, Emily, decided to not only refresh the mural but refresh the message as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the work is completed, the updated mural will say: \u201cWelcome to Decatur established 1836.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sovines were recently chosen for a grant from the City of Decatur’s facade program to help pay for the effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This will be the mural\u2019s new message<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think it’s very important to the city. I don’t remember when it wasn’t there,\u201d Sovine told WZBD.com back in January. \u201cWe quite often see people come into the yard and take a picture with it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sovine family lives on the second floor of the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last summer, Hindenlang painted the mural on the north wall of the Betsey’s Boutique building downtown, near the Next Page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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