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'Good People of Gainesville' mural unveiled behind Gainesville Renaissance Building

Mural artist Louis Hokayem posing in front of the new "Good People of Gainesville" mural, located on the back of Doug Ivester's Renaissance Building. An unveiling ceremony was held Oct. 9, where speakers shared stories of the tragic 1936 tornado from the same podium President Franklin D. Roosevelt used during his 1938 address to the people of Gainesville. - photo by Ashtin Barker

1009MURAL 1 — Mural artist Louis Hokayem posing in front of the new "Good People of Gainesville" mural, located on the back of Doug Ivester's Renaissance Building. An unveiling ceremony was held Oct. 9, where speakers shared stories of the tragic 1936 tornado from the same podium President Franklin D. Roosevelt used during his 1938 address to the people of Gainesville. - photo by Ashtin Barker

One of Gainesville's public art fixtures made it's reappearance Oct. 9 - bigger, better and sharper just a few blocks from where it once stood.