Edwardsville has a historic theater, Collinsville a giant catsup bottle and East St. Louis its jazz, all Americana from the glory days of Route 66.
Now a series of 12 outdoor murals will link some Southern Illinois towns along the Mother Road. Tapping into history, kitsch and modern points of pride, the public artwork is being called the Route 66 Mural Art Trail.
The templates for the murals are similar, but “they are all unique to the city they are representing,” said artist Daniel Ricketts, owner of St. Louis Sign & Mural.
