Subway Mural Worth Millions

Story Published: Apr 24, 2008 at 10:28 AM EDT

Story Updated: Apr 24, 2008 at 10:29 AM EDT

A mural in a Pittsburgh subway station has
been appraised at $15 million.
The Port Authority of Allegheny County must now decide what to
do with the Romare Bearden mural installed in 1984.
Officials say insuring it could cost the financially strapped
agency more than $100,000 annually. Bearden was paid $90,000 for
the mural.
The 60-foot-by-13-foot mural was appraised as the agency plans
to remove it during construction to extend the subway to the city's
North Shore.

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