Popular Downtown Mural Demolished

Fairhope, Alabama thefairhopetimes.blogspot.com 

 



'ABORIGINAL SEALIFE'

Ameri'ca Tickle's 'Aboriginal Sea Life' mural on the west side of the former Fairhope Hardware building in downtown came down today; the building is being demolished by current owners. 

The building was constructed by the Single Tax Corporation in 1921 as the Peoples Cooperative Store, a general store.

The mural's installation was sponsored by FEEF in 2003 and refurbished in 2013. 

 

 


Final photo.


October farewell photo.


Comments

Anonymous said…
Never a big fan of it myself anyway.
Anonymous said…
Being a Fairhoper for over 50 years….The Mural is symbolic to me as everything Fairhope was in the past is pretty much gone.
The quaintness,small town ambience etc.
And I saw the young lady painting THE MURAL and I thought it was GREAT
Anonymous said…
Yup. Good riddance Brooklyn graffiti wall.
Anonymous said…
Not sure why feef paid for an ugly painting instead of educating the children.
Anonymous said…
FEEF used it as advertising for their overall fundraising campaign.....
Anonymous said…
Yep and half of it was left scattered all over Fairhope Avenue and Greeno Road.
Anonymous said…
Oh yes, as least half...if not all of it. Those roads may remain impassible for years to come--though it may have been the sky falling, and not the demo. Hard to say, but certainly we're all doomed.