According to David McLellan, general manager of community services for the City of Vancouver, the murals were painted over as part of “maintenance in that area”.

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On November 16, the City of Vancouver removed a mural outside the Crying Room gallery in the Downtown Eastside. The work depicted the Olympic Games in a negative light

The Beatty Street murals were painted on a concrete wall that bordered a large parking lot at the corner of Georgia Street and Beatty Street. The area is designated as an Olympic venue scheduled to be used for entertainment during the Games.

IS VANCOUVER CITY HALL ALLOWING the Olympics committee to sanitize our city of art for a brief three weeks in February?

Feel free to e-mail your city hall and voice your opinion:

Mayor and council contacts:

clrdeal@vancouver.ca

clranton@vancouver.ca

clrlouie@vancouver.ca

clrwoodsworth@vancouver.ca

clrstevenson@vancouver.ca