Focus on Union Station (mural) and explain the History.
Created by Gregory Ackers, it covers a portion of the north wall of Blick (formerly Utrecht) Art Supplies at 612 N. High St. and depicts the historic Union Station. It was created in 1987 – a decade after the station's demolition. The work was painted at the behest of the organization Citizens for a Better Skyline. On June 21, 1987, the organization held a public celebration of the mural's completion at the site.It was located across a parking lot of another well-known Ackers-created mural, Trains. Greg Ackers restored both works in 1998.By 2012, the mural was deteriorating, with chipping paint leading to large sections of the mural being lost. The other mural was noted to be in decent shape, however. Around 2014, the hotel Le Méridien Columbus, The Joseph was built on the space that served as a parking lot and both murals can no longer be seen. Also lost during the project was a mural, Cliff Dwellers, based on the George Bellows painting.Artist Gregory Ackers responded to the planned development eliminating his work in 2012: "The way I see it, some things in life are permanent and some things are temporary. Acceptance is a hard thing, but I accept it."
Union Station the George Bellows painting