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lyleestill9
Apr 301 min read
Mural #7: Lady Attercop/Cafe Diem/2019
Cafe Diem is the creation of Emmett Davenport. It sits on the hill top north of downtown Pittsboro--across from Chatham Marketplace,...
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lyleestill9
Apr 251 min read
Angel Chair
LaNelle Davis 1954- Virginia Bullman 1938- We bought this piece from Laura Baldwin, when she was closing Reba's and Rose's in...
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lyleestill9
Apr 241 min read
Murals of Pittsboro
There’s a new kid in town. Thomas Begley, former art teacher, just moved to Pittsboro from Vermont. He came down to the Plant where I...
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lyleestill9
Apr 241 min read
Mural #13: Thomas Begley/Dance Party@ The Plant
This mural does not yet exist. It’s about to cover the walls of the Bath House down at the Plant. Put it in the “Coming Soon” bucket....
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lyleestill9
Apr 241 min read
Mural #12: David Wilson/Truth, Justice, Reconciliation/2023
This is a fascinating glass printed mural on the back of Horton Middle School. I found a write up about it on the Chatham Arts Council...
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lyleestill9
Apr 241 min read
Mural #10: Claire Alexander/Chatham Cider Works/2022
Jim Crawford and Maureen Ahmed were the owners of Chatham Cider Works down at the Plant when they commissioned this mural. It was...
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lyleestill9
Apr 241 min read
Mural #11: Michael Brown/Page Vernon Park/2022
Across the street from Circle City Book and Music is Page Vernon Park, operated by the Town of Pittsboro. Page was my divorce attorney. ...
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lyleestill9
Apr 241 min read
Mural #9: Loren Pease/Yoga Garden/Breathe/2021
This mural makes me happy every time I drive by it. I don’t know Loren Pease—but this is a fantastic addition to our town. It’s on the...
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lyleestill9
Apr 243 min read
Mural #8: Michael Brown/Pittsboro Visitor Center/2020
When I called up Michael Brown to get the story behind his Pittsboro murals, he reminded me that he and I have talked about murals on...
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lyleestill9
Apr 241 min read
Mural #6: LaNelle Davis/Beth Goldston/Blue Bird Rising/2014
Sometime when you are stuck in traffic at the circle downtown, check out LaNell’s mosaic mural on Pam and Snuffy Smith’s “Beggars and...
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lyleestill9
Apr 241 min read
Mural #5: B. Friedman & E. Kerscher/Circle City Book and Music/2013
This mural was commissioned by Myles Friedman, the owner of Circle City Book and Music. It’s the one that greets people coming into...
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lyleestill9
Apr 242 min read
Mural #4: LaNelle Davis/The Old Hatchery/2012
LaNelle Davis was a serious mosaicist before she started putting up mosaic murals. She and Virginia Bullman created the “Southern...
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lyleestill9
Apr 241 min read
Mural #3: Michael Brown/Story Time Room/2010
Chatham County, Central Carolina Community College, and the Town of Pittsboro spent ten years building our fabulous library. The...
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lyleestill9
Apr 241 min read
Mural #2: Stacye Leanza/Pittsboro Haw River Mural/2008
Diane Swan was the instigator of this project. She’s an accomplished wood worker and artist who tells the story of this mural...
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lyleestill9
Apr 242 min read
Mural #1: Clyde Jones/BLAST Software/1996
Mural #1: Clyde Jones/Blast Software In 1996 Tami Schwerin and I moved the BLAST software company to downtown Pittsboro. We rented an...
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lyle estill
Oct 11, 20232 min read
8th Annual Death Faire
10/09/2023 CONTACT: Tami Schwerin 919-444-9300 https://www.sanctuaryattheburrow.com/deathfaire tami.schwerin@gmail.com The Plant, Lorax...
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lyleestill9
Sep 12, 20231 min read
Tour Guide Barbie
Years ago we gave thousands of tours of the Plant. People came to see the hydroponics, the aquaponics, and to see how biodiesel was made....
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lyle estill
Aug 23, 20232 min read
The Paw Paws are Coming!!
The Paw Paws are Coming… The undisputed champion of paw paw production in the North Carolina Piedmont (and beyond) was a man named Wynn...
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lyle estill
Aug 23, 20232 min read
Chestnut Carnival 2023
08/20/2023 CONTACT: Lyle Estill, lyle.estill@gmail.com (919) 200-5549. The Plant in Pittsboro Announces Chestnut Carnival On October 15,...
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Tami Schwerin
Feb 23, 20222 min read
Improving Water Quality and Beauty!
It feels like somedays, we are building a town. The Plant is our playground. We are this really weird post cold-war industrial,...
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