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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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James Jankowiak made use of a real tree for this mural near Midway Airport

James Jankowiak’s “Flight Patterns” mural at 59th Street and Central Park Avenue on the Southwest Side pairs a painted tree with a real one. (Robert Herguth / Sun-Times)
Take a spin by 59th Street and Central Park Avenue, and you might do a double take, wondering: Is that a real tree or a mural of a tree?

It’s both. A mural by artist James Jankowiak on a rail viaduct in the shadow of Midway Airport shows a tree sprouting from the ground in near-perfect alignment with the top of a real tree.

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