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EDWARDSVILLE, IL – Around Edwardsville, Illinois they’re the tiles that tell some of the history of Madison County. “The mural was constructed in 1967 when City Hall was built here at that ti… ...
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — A mosaic mural in western Illinois that once caused controversy for its depiction of a freed black slave is at risk of being destroyed.
EDWARDSVILLE – Murals have popped up on the rear of the Gateway Shopping Center the past two years, but a recently completed one of Wilkes-Barre’s own Mr. Peanut caught the attention of ...
The mural, which was a gift to city leaders, is currently covered. Cathy Hensley, a communications coordinator for the city of Edwardsville, said some pieces of the mural were not intact.
The Edwardsville mural in the old City Hall building originally featured a freed slave with ropes dangling from his wrists. After backlash, it was changed about 30 years ago to feature a farmer ...
EDWARDSVILLE — If the city council approves the plan Tuesday, a new Southern Illinois University Edwardsville mural could grace a downtown wall by mid-October. After being turned away from using ...
Edwardsville's administrative and community service (ACS) committee voted 3-0 Thursday to approve a sign variance for a 15-by-25-foot mural at 100 E. Vandalia St.
Daniel Ricketts, owner of St. Louis Sign & Mural, paints a Route 66 mural on a building at the southeast corner of East Vandalia and South Main streets on Monday, July 25, 2022, in Edwardsville.
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — A mosaic mural in western Illinois that once caused controversy for its depiction of a freed black slave is at risk of being destroyed.
Edwardsville has a historic theater, Collinsville a giant catsup bottle and East St. Louis its jazz, all Americana from the glory days of Route 66. Now a series of 12 outdoor murals will link some ...
Edwardsville, Ill., has a historic theater; Collinsville, Ill., a giant catsup bottle; and East St. Louis, Ill., its jazz — all Americana from the glory days of ...