[RP TownTalk] Mural info

[johnferg27 at aol.com]

As I read the postings about the mural I became curious and found that the  
mural was the focus of a Maryland Newsline item and it is still available 
online  -- I copied it and present it below -- I don't know how well it will 
transmit,  but it's a pretty good photo and a very good explanation of the artist's  
subject.
 
     
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Mural  Fever: Public Art in the D.C. Area   



 
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"A Summer's Day," painted by John Ford in 1976, depicts the  artist's memory 
of summer visits with his grandfather, Walter Ford,  at his grandparents' 
Riverdale Park home. 
John Ford, who died in 1996 at age 42, painted the mural  on a large board 
affixed to the side of what used to be a  consignment shop. He added an overhang 
at the top to protect the  mural from the weather, says  Riverdale Park Mayor 
Ann  Ferguson. 
Riverdale Park officials  fought in 1998 to preserve the  mural after an 
Eckerd's Drugstore proposed demolishing the building  to open a new store. 
Residents protested and eventually won the  battle to keep the mural and the 
building. Ferguson says in October  2000 the municipality purchased the land 
underneath the mural to  plant flowers and  build a small park. For now, the mural will 
 not be torn down.  
"It's an identifying marker," Ferguson says. "When Eckerd's  Drugstore 
threatened that corner (East-West Highway and Baltimore  Avenue), a lot of people 
from the surrounding area were  inflamed.  
"They said, 'I count on that mural when I see it. When I see  it, I know I am 
in Riverdale Park.' "  
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