Saturday, November 10, 2018

The most famous mural in Ann Arbor

Five authors: Woody Allen, Edgar Allan Poe, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, and Anaïs Nin.
As seen from my dentist's office across the street.
From another window in the dentist's office. 
Years ago, the dentist's waiting room used to feature a small
shelf of books by each of the authors, but that's gone now.
From the sidewalk nearby, with crude graffiti on the US mail storage box.
This mural is often depicted when a newspaper article published in another city needs a generic "Ann Arbor" photo. Dozens of images of it appear on the web as well. The mural was originally painted in 1984 by Richard Wolk, and he was hired to restore it in 2010. Within just a few moments walk, one can see quite a few other murals on walls and in alleyways.

9 comments:

  1. The mural is great -- I've never seen it before!

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  2. ...nothing generic about this one.

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  3. I've never seen it before. I recognized two out of five. It's nice work!

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  4. It's very nice Mae. It still looks great for a mural restored 8 years ago.
    Thanks for contributing.

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  5. That is a wonderful mural/idea! The one wo honours writers has a mind :-)

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  6. j'aime beaucoup ces visages d'auteurs qui ont tant enrichi mes heures lorsque j'étais jeune

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  7. I love it, but then anything to do with books makes me happy.

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  8. dentists with a view! how would be afraid to go?

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  9. Apparently the building used to house a bookstore. I wonder why the mural painter chose these five authors.

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