Mural debut in East Toledo

The Arts Commission’s Creative Placemaking program is debuting a series of local Flora and Fauna-themed murals. Two of three artworks in the “Reclamation Series” have been completed: “Reclamation | Uptown Water Cycle,” located in Laburnum Alley at 18th Street and Adams, and “Reclamation | East Toledo Flood Plain Train,” located at Harry Kessler Park, 328 Main St., shown above. Both murals were completed by Graphite Design + Build and Natalie Lanese. The murals celebrate the local natural environment with references to each neighborhood’s connection to water filtration, clean water advocacy, and neighborhood industrial history. A third mural is planned for the Junction community in the coming year. (Submitted photo)