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Syracuse, NY – It’s hard to miss Ally Walker’s new artwork in Armory Square.
The vibrant mural will cover the west wall of the four-story office at 327 W. Fayette St. The building, owned by Mike Flynn, is one of the first things people see when driving downtown from the West. Side.
Flynn, owner of The Roofing Guys in Syracuse, commissioned Walker’s mural for his building, across from Mill Pond Landing. (This is where “Walt, the Loch West Monster†lives.) He wants the artwork to promote foot traffic and provide interactive photo opportunities for visitors to Armory Square.
This fall, Walker will complete the first phase of the mural: 16 Instagram-worthy panels on the ground floor. Each scene celebrates the art, music, nature, sport or history of Syracuse.
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The panels are tailor-made for photo ops on social media. One is a butterfly. Another is a heart. One is a typewriter, a nod to Syracuse’s history as the “typewriter capital of the worldâ€.
“We came up with these great ideas that are family oriented, positive and really fun,†Walker said. “I try to put everything on the wall before winter starts.”
Walker will tackle the second phase of the mural next spring. She will paint several monuments of Syracuse, floating hot air balloons and sunny skies, filling the entire wall to the roof line.
Walker has made a career in interactive art for families. She’s the same artist who painted more than 50 murals at the Children’s Hospital in Northern State of Golisano and created a socially remote Easter egg hunt during the first Covid-19 shutdown. She previously created a small but eye-catching mural on this same building titled “Put the U back in Syracuse†in 2020.
Flynn ordered the mural for $ 30,000. He also owns 219 Walton St., the former Urban Outfitters store across from Mill Pond Landing.
There, Flynn will open Flynnstoned Cannabis Company, a three-story cannabis dispensary and salon. He plans to hire 35 to 40 employees and open the dispensary in the summer of 2022.
A model of the mural that Mike Flynn commissioned from Ally Walker to paint on Mill Pond Landing. (Photo provided)
Katrina Tulloch shoots videos and writes stories for Syracuse.com and The Post-Standard. Contact her: Email | Twitter | Facebook
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