Picture of the mural taken today
At first glance, Colorado Springs doesn’t appear to be the “proud home” of the U.S. Olympic Committee anymore.
Part of a taxpayer-funded mural to promote Colorado Springs as the “Proud Home Of The U.S. Olympic Committee” is being repainted.
“The artist finished ‘United States Olympic Committee’ with the distressed lettering and background of the letters. Vladamir Jones requested he paint over the ‘Proud Home Of The’ because it was slightly out of position,” city spokesman John Leavitt said today in an email.
The mural, which is being painted on the roof of a downtown building facing Interstate 25, has been a source of controversy since the City Council decided to use taxpayer money to fund it.
Council members hoped to have the mural finished by the Fourth of July in time for the U.S. Women’s Open, but it’s almost a month behind schedule. In addition, some of the letters in the mural looked out of proportion.
The mural will feature hometown hero Henry Cejudo, an Olympic gold medalist.
Picture of the mural taken a few weeks ago
“The wrestler image will begin next week,” Leavitt said.
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The artist, Kim Polomka, painted that portrait of Mozart on the side of the building next to Phantom Canyon downtown. He usually does good work. I wonder what happened this time.
It’s not really a mural. It’s more like a billboard will the massive letters.
This would have been better executed by a sign or billboard painter, not a muralist who does fine art only and doesn’t deal with typography.
Why doesn’t this painter have some help? One person, even if they worked days and nights, couldn’t accomplish this in the time he was given. Obviously, this project is poorly managed. Isn’t VJ overseeing this entire job through their “donation”? Why aren’t they taking some of the heat for this debauchery?
I pass by this every day and it is a real eyesore. Looks like a couple of drunk gang members did it
And people expect the council to run the city? They can’t even get a sign painted.
How about hiring that weirdo Christo or whatever his name is to come out here and hang a couple of sheets over this hideous mess?
Why did we do it in the first place? 20k for a piece of “art” when we need to focus one police, fire, parks, lights…unconscionable!
Four murders in the city the other night, city can’t afford police protection and asks us to not call 911 unless it is urgent, but the republican city council can spend, spend, spend on this useless eye-sore. Keep throwing away our money boys!
Total taxpayer funded/city council illegally foisted major eyesore. And just look at the base of this rip off eyesore……….. A graffiti wall. A graffiti wall, for christ’s sake.
This is so Colorado Springs. Honestly, is there a town in this country outside of Detroit that is any more corrupt, incompetent and ugly? No, there is not.
Debacle from beginning to end. And why does it STILL look like the ‘T’ in ‘UNITED’ is out of proportion to the other ‘T’s? Granted, the photo now presented was taken at an oblique angle, but it doesn’t look like that portion has changed at all from previous photos.
http://spydrasweb.blogspot.com/2011/07/usoc-sloppy-mess.html
What about the other half of the roof? What did they cut down the big tree for?
John Leavitt is on record as saying the design will take up the entire roof. The design has been “scrunched”, and only takes up about the north 60% of the roof. The rest still looks “ghetto junk yard”.
This thing has been off track and out of proportion from the very first letter. That is what Daniel’s articles have been pointing out, but VJ, John Leavitt, Scott Hente, and Mr. Murphy still don’t comprehend.
I say let the guy paint the wrestler, and if he can do that photo justice in the next two months then I will shut up and it will be the USOC’s problem.
So this instead of a bill board? What were they thinking – it’s looked horrible when it was started and it still looks horrible. It’s an ugly mural on a wreck of a building – what a terrible idea…
And yet, no one wants to pull the plug?
Colorado Springs, what were you thinking??
This muralist is not experienced to paint a sign, what were you thinking??? Time to get rid of these clowns that make decisions about many things where they just have no knowledge or experience.
What they need is to have the broadmoor barbie swing by when he’s painting to remind him of who she is. That will light a fire under him.
This is getting embarrassing!!
Get some inmates from Juniper Valley, the Dept. of Corrections’ Industry to destroy the building and place a cease and desist order on the place immediately before the community allows the nation/world to see the mentality of your city officials. Rescue your city from world and nation embarassment. It’s not the artist at fault. I need a job and can throw paint as well.
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