DC Mural Called Vandalism May Be Removed

Phil Rosen has fallen in love with the mural outdoors his service station on Wisconsin Avenue within the Tenleytown neighborhood of Northwest D.C.

He took over the fuel station about 4 years in the past and employed a neighborhood artist just a few months in the past to scrub up a wall coated in mildew and graffiti and paint a mural.

No one complained in regards to the mural till a few weeks in the past, when tenants of the constructing the wall belongs to informed Rosen the constructing’s proprietor desires the mural gone.

“The proprietor acquired a report from an inspection that there was vandalism executed to the outside wall, and I hardly name this vandalism, to be trustworthy,” Rosen mentioned.

News4 tried to achieve the constructing’s administration firm for remark, however they haven’t returned any messages.

Rosen mentioned he hopes the mural, which incorporates the identify of his enterprise, can keep.

“Clearly it is an commercial for us, however it’s additionally a mirrored image of us and bringing some shade and life to the neighborhood. That’s the intention,” he mentioned.

Rosen admitted he by no means requested permission from the constructing’s proprietor to place up the mural, however he insisted his intentions had been in the best place.

“Fuel stations and garages are kinda soiled enterprise, however we prefer to have some magnificence and artwork to take a look at that’s nice,” he mentioned.

Rosen mentioned he tried to contact the constructing’s proprietor immediately in hopes of saving the mural, however has had no luck to this point.