Middletown Forum : The New Downtown Parrot Mural http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; Middletown Forum : Community Revitalization : The New Downtown Parrot Mural Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:32:11 +0000 Thu, 22 Oct 2020 21:39:10 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 10.12 360 www.middletownusa.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=6994 Middletown Forum http://middletownusa.com/images/blog-logo.jpg http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ The New Downtown Parrot Mural : Careful...the commission of the... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6994&PID=51370&title=the-new-downtown-parrot-mural#51370 Author: buddhalite
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Posted: Oct 22 2020 at 9:39pm

Careful...the commission of the artwork came from someone with an important last name...

Oh never mind - we don't care if the big parrot gets its feathers ruffled.

Wink
]]> Thu, 22 Oct 2020 21:39:10 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6994&PID=51370&title=the-new-downtown-parrot-mural#51370 The New Downtown Parrot Mural : Story in today's Journal... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6994&PID=51369&title=the-new-downtown-parrot-mural#51369 Author: VietVet
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Posted: Oct 22 2020 at 10:22am

Story in today's Journal about an artist who painted a mural honoring the old Parrot Restaurant on a building downtown.

Looking at this mural, which cost 4 grand, it reminds me of what one would see related to train car graffiti or "artwork" in East LA.

It is certainly colorful. Bright pinks, blues and reds and stands out like a sore thumb with the more subdued colors on the buildings surrounding it. It helps contribute to a "Mexican paint scheme in Tijuana". Hardly fits in with the more conservative schemes of a typical midwestern town.

It basically looks out of place to me and "cheapens" the downtown area as well. This mural would be better suited at Traders World or Jungle Jim's in Fairfield with it's "carnival" appearance. To be objected, there are murals that have been painted in Franklin and on other buildings in Middletown that have a much nicer appearance and aren't as "in your face" as to brightness. This mural should never have been approved in it's current form.   JMO]]> Thu, 22 Oct 2020 10:22:08 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6994&PID=51369&title=the-new-downtown-parrot-mural#51369