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Behind the Scenes on our Cover Shoot how Shaun went about creating the Gordon Road Park Mural The cover shoot was inspired by the tangible effects the small project undertaken in the Gordon Rd Park had on bringing this public space to life and instilling a sense of freedom and creativity on Florida Rd. From opening the kiosk up as a community touch point and using the walls as a canvas on which to display the mixed heritage of our road, to the immediate adoption of the space as the site for First Thursday’s activations, we felt it was fitting for our team to further transform this creative expression and capture it on our model Anita. Referencing Florida Rd touchpoints, Shaun’s mural captures the history of the road including its origins as an elephant track that took the animals on their daily trek for water from the top of Berea down to the Greyville Marsh, its position as the route for the first mun