St. Petersburg will comply with a state directive to remove the city’s street art, Mayor Ken Welch announced Friday.
Why it matters: Among the five installations set for removal are the Progress Pride flag on Central Avenue and the Black History Matters mural outside the Woodson African American Museum of Florida.
On Friday, Florida Department of Transportation District 7 secretary Justin Hall informed Mory that city officials had until Sept. 4 to remove the artwork, according to a letter shared with Axios.
- “We understand that the receipt of this letter constitutes denial of” the exemption request, Mory wrote in response.
- The city made the call to move forward with removal “after consultation with the City Attorney’s office, and considering the implications of keeping the street art murals in question,” Welch said.
- State officials had threatened to withhold transportation funding from locales that didn’t comply. Read more at www.msn.com.
