Savannah’s mural-covered “Bull Shack” faces permitting issue, potential whitewashing.
For the past several years, the “Bull Shack,” a small cinderblock building at the center of a vacant lot on the northeast corner of the 1600 block of Bull Street, has hosted an ever-changing array of murals and art installations done by some of the city’s most exciting creatives. If the Historic Site and Monument Commission (HSMC) doesn’t approve it’s artistic use at a hearing on November 7th, however, the outdoor venue may become just another series of blank walls, painted over to comply with city regulations.
“When I first saw the citation, it was just on the ground, laying there,” said the Bull Shack’s owner Beth Vantosh, who has been inviting artists to use her building as their metaphorical canvas since 2019. “It hasn’t ever been a solid color, that’s the funny thing. When it was a car wash, it had stripes across it.” Learn More in the article by Hostess City Saint here.