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Andrea Celani created this mural for some friends that own the family ice cream shop there. While she came up with the basic design, the family members all had input on it. Seven siblings co–owned the shop, but the one brother (the late Ray Klavon) ran it and he’s the one you see on the left side. Andrea envisioned him blowing a frosty breeze across the scene, but one of his siblings insisted that the multi–colored sprinkles were added.
Andrea added lots of details based on people and things that were actually a part of the store or the family. The little boy is the son of the building’s owners. Their business is across the street from the ice cream shop.
If you look closely at the ice cream scoops in the sundae you’ll find the siblings names incorporated in the swirls, and a cousin’s name on the spoon.
The penny scale, soda fountain and gum ball machine are all found inside the old pharmacy. The little row boat in the top right is there because when the flood of 1936 happened, Mr Klavon (the sibling’s father and original owner) got trapped in the building and had to be rescued from a window with a row boat.
The ice cream shop has since changed owners, but they kept the name, and the mural with the store's history.
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