When George Davis won a competition to design a mural outside Hobart's former ABC television studios in 1960, he never thought it would still be there today.
In 1960, George Davis designed a mural made up of 150,000 tiles on the then ABC TV studiosMr Davis and his daughter, actress Essie Davis, are pleased the "great work of art" will be preserved
"The actual making of the mural took a long, long time. I had all of the central figures laid out on a huge purpose-built table," Mr Davis said.On Monday night, the Hobart City Council overwhelmingly voted to demolish the building and build two residential blocks containing 45 apartments, communal spaces and a cafe.
But the tiled mural, which is permanently listed on the Tasmanian Heritage Register, is set to be maintained on the streetscape as part of the new development.The ABC mural on the old UTAS conservatorium building is proposed to remain if the building is demolished.His daughter, Tasmanian actress Essie Davis, said she thought the mural was "a great work of art".
"Production people and those with the scripts for the newsreader on the floor had to belt down the stairs normally, because the lift was pretty unreliable and very slow."
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