Pittsford, NY Mural Horse
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garmin_geek
N 43° 05.428 W 077° 30.927
18T E 295266 N 4773932
Full size horse painted with a mural of Rochester and Pittsford history.
Waymark Code: WMBKK7
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 05/30/2011
Views: 12
While doing the Rochester scavenger hunt I came across this painted horse in Pittsford. The mural depics Pittsford on one side and Rochester on the other and was done in 2001 by Edith Small and Bess Judson (signed).
Physical Address:
6 S. Main Street
Pittsford, NY USA
14534
Web site: [Web Link]
Horses Name: Town and Country
Background Story:
"When I was asked by Mitchell Pierson Jr. Realtors and The Pike Co. Builders for ideas for their thoroughbreds I did approximately 8 sketches apiece. Mitchell Pierson wanted the town of Pittsford on one side of the horse and the city of Rochester on the other. His office is located in the Phoenix building in Pittsford. With the help of Bess Judson I painted a small recognizable section of the city on one side and Main Street in Pittsford on the other. Sky was painted over the top of the horse, buildings in the center and water on the bottom. The water relates to the importance of the Erie Canal and the Genesee River in local history which is symbolically represented by the convergence of the river and canal on the horse. The horse was painted brown and thalo blue rubbed on to give it a blue/black effect. The waterways are filled with the boats and barges normally seen in the summer including the mules that pulled the barges 100 years ago. The railroad bridge is included with boys swimming and jumping and ducks (out of scale) underneath. Horses being very important to the Pierson family, they are in the cityscape and the town of Pittsford. Jet Blue is in the cityscape." http://lowerfalls.org/horses/findhorse.php?id=149&js=1&PHPSESSID=
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