Skyline Mural
This 9 foot by 15 foot Columbus Skyline Mural is all that’s left of the Savings of America National Savings and Loan that was located from 1987 to 1992 at Graceland Shopping Center. The mural was created for the bank by renowned tile artist Marlo Bartels in the mid-1980s. The Casto Corporation donated it to Clinton Elementary School; it adorned the Gail Paris Discovery Garden for awhile and was moved into the cafeteria after the school’s 2011-2012 renovation. (Photo courtesy of Terry Miller)
June 18th, 2011 at 9:28 pm
http://www.marlobartels.com/index.html
Link to Mr. Bartels’ Website.
He was kind enough to restore the piece after it was moved to Clinton Elementary.
“A very down to earth fellow.” said Warren Gardener.
The Northern Business and Professional Association seem to think that it had a significant monetary value in addition to its aesthetics and inadvertent documentation of the 1980’s downtown skyline along with its historical connection to the old Graceland.
June 18th, 2011 at 9:32 pm
http://www.marlobartels.com/index.html
Link to Mr. Bartels’ Website.
He was kind enough to restore the piece after it was moved to Clinton Elementary.
“A very down to earth fellow.” said Warren Gardener.
The Northern Business and Professional Association seem to think that it had a significant monetary value in addition to its aesthetics and inadvertent documentation of the 1980′s downtown skyline along with its historical connection to the old Graceland.
December 8th, 2013 at 8:10 am
The mural currently is housed in the newly renovated cafeteria of Clinton Elementary.