in Oakland


Another pocket park with mural, this time firemen climbing to a blazing roof, and again incorporating the outline of the demolished building.

Oakland mural
This one also no longer exists, not because of the wrecking ball, but to the due to the deterioration of age. The colors faded, the figures tore and fell down. Only the outlines remain.



in Homestead



Mill workers, 1895


In 1995 the boro of Homestead embarked on a general sprucing up of their downtown area. New sidewalks, trees, light standards, and hanging from the light poles, a series of 22 plaques by Robert Qualters celebrating "Steel Heritage Pride" - the golden years of Homestead as a major steel producing center.