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I can't think of another mural in the city with as much visibility as Welcome to the Strip. You can see it while riding or walking on the North Shore or Strip District Trails. It's impossible to miss when driving on the Crosstown (Veteran’s Memorial) Bridge and I suspect from many of the downtown office windows. The best view seems to be from the 16th St Bridge where the horse from the mural lives. Look on top of the bridge and you'll see some very cool adornments. The armillary spheres are surrounded by four winged horses on each of the four granite piers. (Those horses, BTW, were done by sculptor Leo Lentilli.) Besides featuring one of the nearby bridge decorations, the mural seems to be showing us what's in the Strip: fresh food, fish, bread, wine and the stained glass windows from the church on Smallman St.
The 16th St Bridge horses:
UPDATE Nov 2016
The building is being turned into offices and the mural was removed.
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