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Jewish Heritage Mural – International Ladies Garment Workers' Union – Lower East Side, NYC

ILGWU - Our Strength is Our Heritage - Our Heritage is Our Life - East Broadway, Lower East Side - © Frank H. Jump

ILGWU - Our Strength is Our Heritage - Our Heritage is Our Life - East Broadway, Lower East Side - © Frank H. Jump

ILGWU - Our Strength is Our Heritage - Our Heritage is Our Life - East Broadway, Lower East Side - © Frank H. Jump

ILGWU - International Ladies Garment Workers Union - Our Strength is Our Heritage - Our Heritage is Our Life - East Broadway, Lower East Side - CLICK FOR PDF © Frank H. Jump

3 Comments

  1. Save it! This is a beautiful design that someone put A LOT of work into!

    Has anyone thought about photographing it, cleaning up the design, and re-printing the design as a vinyl graphic print to be mounted to the same building? (Anti-graffiti coatings are available)

    Or, the design can be burned into ceramic tiles and preserved inside the building…. I’ve got the sources, and would love to help!

    (Or, have people buy tiles one at a time, and make it a fund raiser!!!)

    Matthew Orley
    330.835.7383

  2. fadingad says:

    Great ideas Matthew. Let’s hope the community board feels the same way and has the funding. I will rephotograph it later this year (hopefully it will remain intact until then- unfortunately I have the kiss of death on signs and walls once I snap them).

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