The South Street parking ramp finally got its facelift.
The photo above shows the new paint job it received last month. This is a view from the Wisconsin Street entrance of the garage.
The Downtown Business Improvement District’s Design Committee worked for months to get the City’s approval to go ahead with the project and this is the final result.
The colors were chosen to compliment the downtown “welcome” banners that hang on the street lampposts. The Design Committee hopes to add banners to the garage some time in the future and perhaps paint the South Street side to match.
Local artist Bill Taylor was commissioned to do the work. His work can be seen throughout the streets of downtown- the Gettelmans mural on the Wisconsin House at the end of West Main, the OshKoshB’gosh mural on the back of the Lopez Bakery building, and the mural on the side wall of ABC Hobby.
He did a great job on the parking structure.
The garage has been an ongoing subject of debate for the BID. Its poor condition and inadequate maintenance schedule put it on the Design Committee’s radar. It was their hope that a little paint and some much needed attention would make the dilapidated structure more appealing to the eye and thus encourage more people to use it.
