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CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS
CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2009 AT 6:00 P.M.
I. City Hall Facility — General Update from Architect
II. Adjourn
Stillwater artist Randy Raduenz works on a mural at Stillwater Motors Monday. He said it's the largest indoor
mural he's ever done. The artist is good friends with Stillwater Motors owner D.J. Raduenz (no relation) `
going to look really cool when it's done," D.J. said.
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By KRIS JANISCH
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Stillwater Lift Bridge and an adjacent
wall show the dealership as it might
have looked when it was located in the f° y
Grand Garage in downtown Stillwater. *-
It's the largest indoor mural Raduenz
has ever done —
the biggest being the I
work on the Grand Ballroom in }
Stillwater, he said. He began working
on it in early March and hopes to be fin-
ished by the end of the month.
A 1922 Buick Touring Sedan will sit
in front of the mural — looking like it's
driving off the lift bridge and into the
dealership. Stillwater Motors will soon have a large mural depicting the Histori
"It serves two purposes," Raduenz Stillwater Lift Bridge and a brick building that recalls the Grand Garage
said. in downtown downtown Stillwater.
The artist is a longtime friend of D.J. mural of downtown Stillwater at the come down and watch his friend work
Raduenz (no relation), the third genera- dealership along Highway 5.
tion Raduenzs to own Stillwater "It's our heritage," on the mural.
Motors. He always imagined a large Raduenz, who en ritage said D.J. "It's going to be pretty cool when it's
people to done," he said.