Childhood visits to UNC-Chapel Hill baseball games partly inspired Chapel Hill native Michael Brown's Parade of Humanity mural, completed in 1997. The fact that Porthole Alley serves as a gateway between Franklin Street and the University also influenced the subject matter. “I liked the idea of a parade mural since that alley had a constant parade of interesting characters going to and from campus,” said Brown. Some of the characters in the mural were even inspired by people Brown knew in Chapel Hill. Brown has painted 19 other murals near downtown Chapel Hill, including a pencil mural on Henderson Street across from campus and a mural of turtles on Columbia Street.
Created by Michael Brown (1997).