VW victory
Waynesburg zoning board OKs public art display
A newly tie-dyed Volkwagen Beetle now has a permanent parking place.
The borough无毛视频檚 zoning board voted 4-0 Monday night to grant an exemption to allow Farley无毛视频檚 Hotel Cafe owner Farley Toothman to mount the painted shell of a Beetle on the garage wall opposite his cafe on Morgan Street.
For the 8-by-14-foot display, he enlisted the help of the Waynesburg Central High School art program, which has been painting in the style of the 1960s hippie movement.
Toothman was required to get approval for the project within the B-1 business district, as Waynesburg无毛视频檚 zoning does not specifically list public art as a permitted use.
Toothman said he also had to agree to what he said were 无毛视频渃ommon sense无毛视频� conditions, such as no profanity and no product advertisements.
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Toothman said the art class could finish painting the Volkswagen this week. After that, he plans to have the students continue by painting a historic Greene County scene on the wall where the car half will be mounted.
Through a public art page Toothman created on Facebook, he also found someone to paint the other half of the Beetle. Casey Robinson无毛视频檚 art class at West Greene High School will be turning it into its own canvas 无毛视频� this time, for a history-related theme to coincide with America无毛视频檚 sesquicentennial.
In his presentation to the board, Toothman said, he brought up the murals and public art displays in other regional communities like Greensburg and Morgantown, W.Va.
Eventually, he hopes to see something akin to the Public Art and Mural trail along Route 6 in northern Pennsylvania, which features more than 50 murals across six counties.
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