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When researching this Sprout Fund mural, we came across this article at post–gazette.com that explained the significance of this mural in a way that we can’t. The author of the article isn’t given, but they were covering the dedication of the mural and did a very good job of relating the feeling in the community.
The mural itself has twelve panels to it. It includes portraits of local residents and images representing life in Homewood–Brushton. The Sprout Fund gave us the following information:
This massive wall measures over 200 feet in length, larger than anything I have ever attempted–it was an artistic and physical test,says artist James Maszle of Season of Hope, one of the larger Sprout murals. The location of the wall – on ground level in the heart of the Homewood neighborhood – greatly adds to the power and presence of this mural. Images from history, like portraits of young and elderly Homewood citizens, symbols such as the tree of life, and the façade of local Westinghouse High School, now adorn this very important local landmark. Called the Meadows Bowling Center, this facility is the current resting place of the first bowling alley open to African Americans in Pittsburgh. Ted Page, of the Homestead Grays baseball team, opened the bowling alley in the city’s Hill District. It then moved to East Liberty before finally coming to Homewood, where it now proudly resides. The citizens of Homewood never forgot this building’s importance, and use it now as much as a community center as a thriving bowling alley. The community group believed the mural to be an important addition to the neighborhood;as essential as a park or new housing,agrees Maszle.
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