Voices of Hope

The Minnesota weather is a harsh environment for outside murals like this one by Ta-coumba that resides on the west wall of the Union Gospel Child Care Center on 9th Street. The city plans to eventually turn the entire block into a park so I wonder what the plans are for this building and of course the mural. The first visible step in the park process is the demolition of the Pedro building on the corner of Robert and 10th. I've been watching all week as workers knock it down brick by brick and haul away some of the old wood beams from the interior. The promise of this park has been in the works for ten years or so but I don't doubt that we are still years away from it as a reality. I'm sure there are many issues to be decided but I wonder if preserving this mural can be part of the plan.