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Style: Hard-edge abstract mural with bold geometric color fields. Roland Hobart's 1973 work is a rare survivor from the Indianapolis Urban Walls Project. Its design is built from rectangles, wedges, arcs, and curving bands in earthy but vivid tones, giving it the look of a giant urban puzzle spread across brick. The surviving section still reads as a confident burst of 1970s civic modernism. Historically, the mural belongs to a moment when American downtowns were trying to fight suburban flight through public art and streetscape renewal. That context matters here: this was not decoration for decoration's sake, but a city-backed attempt to make the center feel worth returning to. The weathering and partial loss only add another layer, turning the mural into both artwork and urban artifact.