Rockefeller & McCormick
Following the successful community programming for our Who is Levi Johnson? chalk mural in Cleveland’s Flats East Bank, Art x Love was engaged to create a "Rockefeller Snow Scene" mural for the Historic Warehouse District’s winter programs. This chalk mural stood 16 ft. tall and 80 ft. wide, and became a popular holiday backdrop for Cleveland visitors and tourists alike.
John D. Rockefeller, the famous industrialist and philanthropist, came in Cleveland in 1853 and was an assistant bookkeeper who rose to become one the wealthiest men in the history of the United States. Rockefeller organized and directed Standard Oil Co., and was involved in numerous local business ventures including the Cleveland Arcade Co. and the construction of the Rockefeller Building in 1905 (pictured in the mural). His charitable donations were extensive and include more than $865,000 worth of land donated to the City of Cleveland for use as parks. The mural depicts Rockefeller with his grandson, Fowler McCormick, walking through the streets on a snowy night.
“You feel good when you walk by it.”
– Eileen Cassidy, Historic Warehouse District Development Corporation
Read more:
”Cleveland chalk mural still here, brightening the space under the Main Avenue Bridge”
– Channel 19 News, Cleveland
