Leer Art

Late last week, the B’ham News had an article about how a couple of unidentified female artists had painted sections of plywood around the boarded-up Leer Tower, what used to be known as the Cabana Hotel and the Thomas Jefferson Hotel.  So of course I had to go see.

The pyramid-shaped structure on top of the building is a tie-down (mooring mast) for blimps.  Well, the building was completed in 1929, so…

The most interesting piece was this one:

There were/are plans to rehab the building; it looks like this inside (amazing.).  More pics here, here, and here.