Client: Downtown Marion
Size & Medium: Approximately 2,510 sq. ft., Keim Mineral Paint on Keim Universal Render

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The entire West side of a prominent building on the main street of Marion, was exposed when an adjacent building was torn down in preparation for a new City park.

A solution was needed to not only refurbish but to enhance this future public space.

Instead of focusing solely on local history, which was amply represented in various venues throughout town, Grohe chose to create a “new landmark”

The taller portion of the wall features a niche, in which there are four statues representing the foundations on which the town was built: pioneers, agriculture, industry, and education. They support the future, depicted in the form of a globe, on which a young woman who represents the present, points to the location of Marion, Ohio.

Down the longer, one-story section of wall, one can see painted architectural elements which include references to significant local historical figures.

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