The mural that was recently completed on the side of the Italian Fraternal Society building on the south side of Butler is a public good that has no drawbacks.

Public art of any kind is usually thought of as nothing but a universal good, and it’s great that a building that houses an organization established more than 100 years ago is getting a fresh coat of paint. Additionally, it’s good to have a building get an artistic treatment, even though it is at least a mile away from the city’s main area of traffic.

Even though it won’t have as many eyes on it as pieces in downtown Butler, like the umbrellas painted on a wall of West Vogeley Street, or a musician painted on a wall on East Vogeley Street, the effort by artist Tom Panei is still evident.

Panei used photos of the southside neighbo

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