Artists brightly highlight Pilsen viaduct mural project
"They are always scary to walk through. Dark, dark, damp, dirty. So we want to change that Chicago narrative and make it a little bit more vibrant and welcoming," said Delilah Martinez of the Mural Movement.
Getting to this point was an uphill battle, where community leaders have pleaded with local officials and agencies for years to rehab the structure."It was scary. It was dirty. The fact that the lighting was bad. It was so unsafe," said Nancy Plax of Connecting4Communities. Not to mention crumbling concrete and deteriorating steel columns are still there, despite recent inspections.CBS 2 contacted Chicago's Department of Transportation, BNSF Railway, and 25th Ward Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez's office to ask who is responsible but did not hear back.
"It's like putting a Band-Aid on it. I'll put a Band-Aid on it, and I'll do something, but it's an ongoing problem throughout the city," Plax said."Anytime I drive by some cool artwork, I'm always slowing down, and you know I'm like doing that, so that's all I want out of this," said artist Chris Orta.All the murals are expected to be completed just in time for a free festival set for Sunday at the viaduct, where everyone is invited.
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