They should go “legit”. People would pay them good money to do ads for them.
I thank God I’ve never had to live in a dead gray place like that.
It’s hideous.
It makes me ill.
UGH!
This mural is on the far eastern end of the community called Pilsen which is maned after a brewery by the same name begun by Czech immigrants. As Mexican immigrants began to replace the “Bohemians” it later was called “Little Village”. It is bounded from 16th street and Halstead on the north to the south fork of the Chicago river on the south and eventually extended west to the suburb of Cicero.
A name mentioned in the article Marzullo, is a relative of a famous alderman of the 25th ward Vito Marzullo a remnant of the large Italian community still residing in that area between 18th and 26th streets from Ashland to Western Avenues.