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Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council to Consider Mount Washington Mural Tonight
The mural would honor Jack Rohman, a Mount Washington resident who died in January.
Local artist Zach Christensen is continuing his effort to erect a mural in tribute of his close friend , a Mount Washington resident who took his own life in January after a debilitating battle with schizophrenia.
Christensen will go before the tonight at 7 p.m. at , located at 4580 N. Figueroa Street.
According to Christensen, the mural would replicate the one that he and Rohman, along with a group of local friends, created in summer of 2010.
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Click to see Patch's previous story on Christensen's mural effort.
Christensen said the mural would be created through a wheat-paste technique that he developed, and adhered to a 500-yard-long hill reinforcement on Mount Washington Drive. The mural would not be spray-painted, he said.
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Many Patch readers have come out in favor of the project in the comments section of the previous article, saying they hope the mural can be recreated.
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