The Union Moved. The Beloved Mosaic Mural Couldnât.
The architect David Adjaye spurred a painstaking re-creation of a doomed artwork for its new home â and added a homage to the unionâs place in social justice history.
Anton Refregier’s mosaic tile mural on the front of the Martin Luther King Jr. Labor Center on West 43rd Street, the former headquarters of 1199 S.E.I.U., awaits an uncertain fate. The center is named for King because of the long mutual support they enjoyed.Credit.Amr Alfiky/The New York Times
Published Feb. 23, 2021Updated Feb. 25, 2021
Not far from Times Square I walked west from Eighth Avenue on a recent afternoon to view a mural I had noticed on several occasions but never truly paused to appreciate.
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