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Peoria, Illinois: Milt, the MG Car Planter

1968 MG sports car turned into an outdoor urban planter with colorful painted murals. Dented by another car in Dec. 2020, so the artists added a large band-aid to its side.

Address:
1323 SW Adams St., Peoria, IL
Directions:
West edge of downtown, on the northeast corner of IL-116/S. MacArthur Hwy and SW Adams St.
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MG Car Planter.

MG Car Planter And Mural

This MG sports car has a garden in its trunk and an ever-changing mural on each side. It's in downtown is Peoria, outside C.T. Gabbert Remodeling and Construction.

[Jill Peterson, 07/31/2020]

The novel planter was built in 2015 by Joe Gabbert. He also paints the art on the outside.


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