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"Collage
Park" was painted by Val Lewton in
1991 after the College Park City Council asked him to help beautify the downtown shopping
district. The mural can easily be mistaken for a real building. It towers
next to Ratsie's pizza parlor, near the intersection of Baltimore Avenue and
Knox Road.
Lewton,
a D.C. resident, says the bottom of the mural was painted on a plywood board, similar to
those used for billboards. Two 2-x-4s were attached to the top of the brick building for
support. The top half of the mural extending off the building was constructed of steel.
The mural cost $35,000 and was federally funded by a Community Development
Block grant, Lewton says.
"It's
a successful project," Lewton says. "It's kind of neat to see it
wrapped around the side of the building, but an observer must look from
different angles to view it."
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