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Iowa City approves new downtown mural
The City Council Tuesday night gave its OK for a mural to be painted on the side of a five-story tall parking ramp downtown.
The mural, by Iowa City artist Eliezer Sotillo, is to depict more than a dozen arms and hands that interlock and hold each other. Sotillo plans to spend a month starting in June creating the piece, using spray paint and a durable paint meant for concrete, on the north side of the Dubuque Street parking ramp.
The ramp is owned by the city, and the council's 6-0 vote allows the project to proceed. Developer Marc Moen, whose Plaza Towers is next to the parking ramp, is paying for the work, which he estimated would cost more than $10,000.
Artist Eliezer Sotillo of Iowa City paints the cover on a piano outside of the Plaza Towers building on the Pedestrian Mall May 18, 2011, in downtown Iowa City. The design was based on a painting by Frank Lloyd Wright with Sotillo's own twist. (Brian Ray/The Gazette)
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