Windows to Our Future, Portals from the Past by Berry Breene

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Although this mural is done on the back side of a building, it overlooks an open parking lot on the next street down and is positioned perfectly to be seen by anyone entering Trafford via the Fifth St Bridge. In an interview for the Tribune Review, the artist told writer Ashleigh Chicko that she was excited to do this project because she liked the idea of trying to help the communities envision a new future of sorts. Raised in Oil City, Mz Breene felt she understood Trafford and that type of post-industrial, small town.

The train in the mural was something the community really wanted. Trains were the primary reason Westinghouse established a factory in Trafford and it was important to the area. The residents also wanted their local park (B Y Recreational Park) represented. The park has a lake with fishing for Flathead Catfish, Bullhead, Bluegill, Carp and Crappie.