From Chicano Park to Toledo Ohio

South Toledo underpass becomes colorful canvas

Muralist Mario Torero of San Diego puts the finishing touches on the large, vibrant mural.

By CLAUDIA BOYD-BARRETT

BLADE STAFF WRITER

In Toledo's Old South End, the perennial fight against urban decay has the help of an unlikely weapon: the paintbrush.

Dozens of paintbrushes, in fact.

These simple tools - in the hands of area residents, artists, teachers, students, and schoolchildren - recently transformed a noisy, dirt-strewn underpass into a riotously colorful work of art.

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