CHICAGO (WLS) -- A new 176-foot-long mural designed by a local artist is on display in downtown Chicago.
The mural, which emphasizes environmentally-friendly movements in the city, spans a full block of Columbus Drive between Grand and Illinois outside the Embassy Suites by Hilton Chicago Downtown Magnificent Mile.
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Local artists, Nancy Pochis Bank, Brittney Leeanne Williams, Shayne Taylor and Brandin Hurley, designed and painted the mural. A group of eighth grade students from LaSalle II Magnet Elementary also helped by painting in the mural.
"The theme of the mural is 'Urbs in Horto' or city in a garden and depicts nine local scenes, including Caldwell Lily Pool, the Southside's Promontory Point, and the Westside's Logan Square Farmers' Market," Pochis Bank said.
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In addition to their involvement in the mural process, the group of students received the chance to learn about careers in art at the Nancy Pochis Bank Art Studio.