Wait, there’s an actual window, a real window, in that mural!
My husband and I turned our car around to take a closer look at the Bangor Quilt Mural on the side of the building near the railroad tracks.
On my vacations and birdwatching trips, I’ve had the pleasure of seeing many impressive murals in small and large towns in Michigan and Ohio.
I have great memories of seeing the Iron Ore Miners Mural in Ishpeming, Michigan, the beautiful Murals in the Market in Detroit, and Martha, the Last Passenger Pigeon in Cincinnati, Ohio.
But this was the first time I’ve seen an artist incorporate part of the functional part of the building into their mural.
About the Bangor Quilt Mural
Located on the west side of the historic Bangor Elevator building in downtown Bangor, Michigan, the mural was created by Bangor native Conrad Kaufman.
The window next to the door in the mural is an actual working window; I could see through the glass.
Sadly, my research didn’t uncover any details about the faces of the people in quilt in the mural.
I could only discover that the mural was one of the MI Amazing Art Tours public art tour, part of the Michigan Council for Arts & Culture Affairs.
For my blog readers in Michigan, if you know any background about the mural, I’d love to hear it!
And anyone who’s traveling on the west side of Michigan, stop by the small town of Bangor and check out the mural.
