At the corner of Third Street and Frankfort Avenue sits a building with larger-than-life paintings of local musical legends Leon Russell and The Gap Band. The likenesses of Wayman Tisdale and Aretha Franklin are there too. Or at least they were.
Now, the walls have a fresh coat of white paint and the owner of the building has received some backlash over the decision.
Daniel Rotelli told KWGS the murals were starting to fade. He plans to update the artwork with a whole new Leon Russell and more. The white paint is simply to prep the area for the next installation…