R-15 Correspondence – Padric Gleason
From: Padric Gleason Gonzales [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2022 9:25 PM
To: CityClerk <[email protected]>
Cc: Council District 6 <[email protected]>; Mayor <[email protected]> Subject: Public comment for Agenda Item #15 for the 7/12 City Council Meeting
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Dear Councilmembers,
Downtown Long Beach has a number of beautiful historic buildings with painted facades from a bygone era that are in need of restoration. Examples include the Middough's promotional murals on the Insurance Exchange Building along the Promenade and the "Security" mural at the top of the Security Pacific National Bank Building on Pine. Restoring these works would support artists, preserve and promote our City's historic heritage, and beautify Downtown.
As an example of the transformation that this could bring, in 2020, Long Beach Heritage worked with KC Restoration Co, Inc to repaint a portion of the Middough's murals, but it was an incomplete restoration.
You can see a Facebook post about it here.
Please consider funding a project like this to restore the historic art on Downtown Long Beach buildings.
Regards,
Padric
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Padric Gleason