Our Time by Ian Thomas

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This bright, colorful mural represents the blue–colar, working class history of Greenfield. It wasn’t that long ago when the workers left each morning carrying a lunch box. Even if we never had a job like that, most of us can remember our father or uncle or some other relative with that familiar symbol of the middle class laborer.

Ian Thomas outlined this mural and added numbers for the appropriate colors to be filled in. Then local kids were invited to help with the giant paint–by–numbers project. True community participation and some great memories for those kids.

Summary:

Artist(s): Ian Thomas
Address: 563 Greenfield Ave
City:Pittsburgh (Greenfield)
Zip Code:15207
Organization: Sprout Fund

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Greenfield Connected by Will Schlough

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Connect Greenfield is the community organization that applied to have a Sprout Fund mural in thier neighborhood. They worked hard to make sure that as many people in the community as possible had some input into selecting the design, and they ended up with over 300 residents voting on it.

This mural with the M. C. Esher influence captured exactly how the residents feel about Greenfield. It gives the viewer the impression of a close knit, interwoven community . Remember the name of the organization that started this is Connect Greenfield. No surprise that Greenfield Connected fit with this neighborhood so well.

We found an entry from the artist’s Blog, written when he was working on this mural.

"The mural depicts porches and facades from the neighborhood fitting together like a puzzle, connected by stairs with no definitive up or down."

He also mentions that his goal was to heighten the sense of pride and community for Greenfield.

Summary:

Artist(s): Will Schlough
Address: 4301 Murray Avenue
City: Pittsburgh (Greenfield)
Zip Code: 15217
Organization: Sprout Fund

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