The 2nd Street Mural

The 2nd Street Mural

A preliminary sketch for the mural, by artist Joseph Church

The final design, featuring an 18th-century map and a photo from the city's industrial heyday

Staff members pause while priming panels of parachute cloth

Michelle McIver and a student, painting one of the mural's first panels

Students at work, painting the hand of the central figure

Our incredibly dedicated student painters!

Priming the tar-covered wall with water-based roofing compound

Measuring the wall, in preparation for installing the mural

The first panel is glued up!

The mural in progress-- working on the second row

The installation nears completion

Staff member Sally O'Brien, doing some touch-up work

The finished mural in its entirety, as seen from 2nd Street

Detail of the finished mural

Chester Mural Collective