Sister Cities Mural Project

Apparently this mural has been in place since 2005. Silly me, I only noticed it a couple of weeks ago! It's on Tejon just north of Pikes Peak Avenue, on the east side of the street, and it depicts Colorado Springs' relationship with our sister city, Nuevo Casas Grandes in Chihuahua, Mexico. I always thought our sister city was Fujiyoshida, Japan, so this is news to me. I looked it up and found that we actually have several sister cities! Who knew?!? Here's the list: Fujiyoshida, Japan; Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (say that three times fast!); Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Smolensk, Russia; and Bankstown, Australia.

Anyway, the mural is part of a project between Colorado Springs and Nuevo Casas Grandes, and it was painted by (surprise!) Kim Polomka. If you look closely you can see Pikes Peak in the background. Also featured are Pueblo Indian ruins, pottery, and corn. Very cool!