ArtWorks murals tell Cincinnati’s story “one wall at a time”

The Cleveland Plain Dealer takes a tour of ArtWorks’ mural program and comes away impressed.

“To learn the history of Cincinnati, take a walk. Then look around,” Susan Glaser writes. “The city’s story surrounds you, in full color, on the exteriors of buildings scattered throughout downtown and in dozens of nearby neighborhoods.”

Glaser and a Plain Dealer photographer check out some of the Cincinnati’s newest and best-known murals, including Ezzard Charles and Henry Holtgrewe, the world’s strongest man, in Over-the-Rhine; the fruit stand beside Kroger’s headquarters; and the retouched Cincinnatus homage at Vine Street and Central Parkway.

“Every day, thousands of residents and visitors pass by the murals,” Galser writes, “and, perhaps, wonder: What is that? How did it get there?”

Read the full Cleveland Plain Dealer story here.