{"id":112380,"date":"2022-05-24T21:39:18","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T01:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=112380"},"modified":"2022-05-24T21:39:18","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T01:39:18","slug":"allentowns-largest-mural-for-new-maple-street-parking-deck-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=112380","title":{"rendered":"Allentown&#8217;s Largest Mural for New Maple Street Parking Deck Complete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Allentown, PA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 A patriotic mural commissioned by the Allentown Mural Arts and the Allentown Parking Authority for the new 6-story Maple Street Parking Deck in downtown Allentown is now complete. The 10,000-square-foot mural, the largest in the City of Allentown, was painted on the Maple Street side of the deck by Dripped On Productions Co-CEOs Denton Burrows and Jonathan Neville using pollution-absorbing paint.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-image-carousel  su-image-carousel-columns-4 su-image-carousel-has-spacing su-image-carousel-has-lightbox su-image-carousel-has-outline su-image-carousel-adaptive su-image-carousel-slides-style-default su-image-carousel-controls-style-dark su-image-carousel-align-none\" style=\"max-width:500px\" data-flickity-options='{\"groupCells\":true,\"cellSelector\":\".su-image-carousel-item\",\"adaptiveHeight\":true,\"cellAlign\":\"left\",\"prevNextButtons\":true,\"pageDots\":true,\"autoPlay\":3000,\"imagesLoaded\":true,\"contain\":false,\"selectedAttraction\":0.007000000000000000145716771982051795930601656436920166015625,\"friction\":0.25}' id=\"su_image_carousel_69fa43d298463\"><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item\"><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Maple-Street-Mural-2-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Maple-Street-Mural-2-scaled.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Maple-Street-Mural-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Maple-Street-Mural-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Maple-Street-Mural-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Maple-Street-Mural-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Maple-Street-Mural-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Maple-Street-Mural-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item\"><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Maple-Street-Mural-1-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Maple-Street-Mural-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Maple-Street-Mural-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Maple-Street-Mural-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Maple-Street-Mural-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Maple-Street-Mural-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Maple-Street-Mural-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Maple-Street-Mural-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"su_image_carousel_69fa43d298463_script\">if(window.SUImageCarousel){setTimeout(function() {window.SUImageCarousel.initGallery(document.getElementById(\"su_image_carousel_69fa43d298463\"))}, 0);}var su_image_carousel_69fa43d298463_script=document.getElementById(\"su_image_carousel_69fa43d298463_script\");if(su_image_carousel_69fa43d298463_script){su_image_carousel_69fa43d298463_script.parentNode.removeChild(su_image_carousel_69fa43d298463_script);}<\/script>\n<p>Dripped On Productions, of New York City, is an art production company specializing in murals and street art for developments, events, and businesses, such as MasterCard, Pabst Blue Ribbon, and ArtsQuest. In 2019, the company curated three murals painted on Allentown\u2019s ArtsWalk. Two of the murals are on the Allentown Parking Authority\u2019s garage. Dripped On Productions CEO and cofounder Denton Burrows earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in fine art from Lehigh University.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud to have been selected to do our second mural in downtown Allentown,\u201d said Burrows. \u201cWe loved the Parking Authority\u2019s patriotic theme and are proud of our winning design. Dripped On Productions looks forward to continuing to beautify and transform major parts of downtown Allentown with professionally executed murals and works to brighten, beautify, and inspire a historical and diverse city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The revolutionary paint being used is non-toxic, zero-VOC, and water-based, infused with an enhanced mineral that attracts and neutralizes harmful air pollutants, including VOCs and airborne chemicals, as well as carbon dioxide for five to seven years. This mural will be the functional equivalent of planting 20 trees on the street, and it will continuously absorb emissions from vehicle activity on Maple Street and in the parking deck.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMurals add beauty to our everyday experience in Allentown,\u201d said Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk. \u201cWe need more partnerships like this one to continue to improve quality of life for our great community. It creates a sense of unity, links our outdoor spaces together, and inspires people the way only art can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Parking Authority is honored to be partnering with Allentown Mural Arts on this project,\u201d said Allentown Parking Authority Executive Director John Morgan. \u201cWe had a ton of great submissions from artists all over the world but really thought Dripped On Productions\u2019 entry captured our patriotic theme the best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Allentown Parking Authority plans to open the Maple Street parking deck in the very near future.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nGenesis Ortega<br \/>\nCommunications Manager<br \/>\nOffice of the Mayor<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.AllentownPA.gov\">http:\/\/www.AllentownPA.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allentown, PA\u00a0\u2013 A patriotic mural commissioned by the Allentown Mural Arts and the Allentown Parking Authority for the new 6-story Maple Street Parking Deck in downtown Allentown is now complete. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=112380\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Allentown&#8217;s Largest Mural for New Maple Street Parking Deck Complete<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112383,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5716,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allentown","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/allentown-mural.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112380"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/112383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}