Public Art The Jefferson Houston School Mural is a 50' long exterior, 14 (4' x 8') MDO panel piece. Commissioned in January 2007 by Alexandria City Public Schools to help encourage the kindergarten - 5th grade school children to learn some of their SOL subjects through exposure to art. The mural can be viewed on the playground. Planting boxes that contain the flowers in the mural are planted in front. The mural was completed in July 2007 and was installed in November 2007. Jefferson Houston School Mural Installed Jefferson Houston School Mural Dedication Click here to link to the Del Ray Sun article about the Jefferson Houston Mural Dedication. Duke Street Pedestrian Concourse Murals   Commissioned and owned by the City of Alexandria, Installation--January 2005   Directions:  From King Street Metro, walk South towards Duke Street along Metro side sidewalk, toward Carlyle Towers and The Patent and Trade Office Complex. This path will lead directly under Duke Street where six, 4' x 6' murals and six corresponding, reproduced map panels can be viewed. They represent an artistically interpreted, chronological, pictorial history of the area from 1755 to present. Duke Street Pedestrian Concourse From the Past (Mural 1/Detail)... To the Present (Mural 6 Detail/faux plywood) Coffee House Murals Flying Coffee Cups/The Uptowner, Upper King Street, Alexandria, VA Floating Coffee Cups/St. Elmo's Coffee Pub, Del Ray, Alexandria, VA