Final days for flute-playing monkey in Gold Coast co-op?

A flute-player monkey and the other whimsical designs on the walls of Edward Minieka’s 12th-floor Gold Coast foyer are soon to be painted over — much to Minieka’s dismay. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

One day many years from now, a clumsy mover might thump the foyer wall with a sofa leg, chipping away the paint to reveal a monkey’s tiny hand.

Perhaps an art historian will be summoned, and she’ll gently peel away the paint to expose a fanciful scene beneath of a monkey playing a flute, another with a cello between its legs.