"Truman Blvd"??

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I found this on the web.

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Now see, if it looked like that it would be cool.
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I think the mural's pretty cool as it is, it's just that particular spelling that needs to get fixed.  Why don't you like the mural?
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I'm an artist, and that sort of art is unappealing to me. It's just personal choice.
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Sussudio wrote: I'm an artist, and that sort of art is unappealing to me. It's just personal choice.
Don't you mean unapealing?
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KCMax wrote: Don't you mean unapealing?
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I know we know this guys background.  He was homeless or something...graffiti artist...can't remember.  He was commissioned to do this...BUT...

As a possibility, when working with big letters, I'm told it's very easy to misspell words.  For instance, Price Chopper in Lee's Summit had "GO CHEFS" in HUGE block letters on their front windows a few years ago.  When you work big, you're interested in the overall form of each thing, like the letter "P" and not so much the spelling.  Just a thought.

But like Fang said, maybe he just can't spell.
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PumpkinStalker wrote: But like Fang said, maybe he just can't spell.
Or maybe it was just a simple spelling mistake that will be fixed as soon as it is not 20 degrees and snowing. 
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like I said in the part you didn't quote.  :-)     
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http://www.gbmnews.com/articles/2017/1/ ... Page1.html

I think we can count the homeless thing out. He doesn't sound like he was homeless based on lack of intelligence. I think PS is right, probably an accident based on doing a large scale model.
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Sussudio wrote: http://www.gbmnews.com/articles/2017/1/ ... Page1.html

I think we can count the homeless thing out. He doesn't sound like he was homeless based on lack of intelligence. I think PS is right, probably an accident based on doing a large scale model.
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I just googled the name!  :D
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Just drove by - it is already fixed.

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Austin used to sketch pictures at the Lava room a few years back, I have a few of them, drawn of me in my drunken stage.
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KCDowntown wrote: Just drove by - it is already fixed.
Well, the 'Ape aring' part is fixed, but it still doesn't make sense to me.

The actual card posted above reads:

APPEARING AT Sweet's Ballroom
OAKLAND CALIFORNIA
IN PERSON

The mural reads:
APPEARING AT
IN PERSON

This text stretches the entire width of the mural with no spaces in between lines.  Looks like it's final.  But, what does Appearing At In Person mean?
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Maybe they plan on adding more when the temp isn't below freezing? But I could be totally wrong.
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Well, yeah, that seems logical.  But, with how the text appears currently, it doesn't look like there is any room to add more text.  :? 
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They do not want to advertise Oakland CA in the KC P&L!
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KC-wildcat wrote: Well, yeah, that seems logical.  But, with how the text appears currently, it doesn't look like there is any room to add more text.   :? 
I was kind of thinking it might go off to the right in the blank spot, but it would still look odd.
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Has his link been posted before?  It's painted in the corner of the building temporarily:

http://kcmuralist.com/main.sc
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